Sinan Hasani
Sinan Hasani Синан Хасани | |
|---|---|
Velli Deva | |
| Succeeded by | Ilaz Kurteshi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 May 1922 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (today Kosovo) |
| Died | 28 August 2010 (aged 88) Belgrade, Serbia |
| Nationality | Yugoslav |
| Political party | League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ) |
Sinan Hasani (Serbian: Синан Хасани; 14 May 1922 – 28 August 2010[1]) was a Yugoslav novelist, statesman, diplomat and a former President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia, a revolving form of executive leadership which rendered him the President of Yugoslavia at the time as well. He was of Albanian ethnicity.
Early life and career
Hasani finished primary school and Gazi Isa-bey
madrasah (high school) in Skopje. He became a writer and wrote his first Albanian language novel, The Grape Starts to Ripen, in 1957.[1]
Hasani joined the
Yugoslav Federal Assembly, and remained in that position until he became the leader of the League of Communists of Kosovo in 1982. In 1981, Hasani was publicly criticized by Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha in a speech, during which Hoxha referred to him as a "Serbian dog."[2]
Presidency
Hasani was elected as the
Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia
, and also by the outgoing presidency, including Hasani himself.
Hasani died in Belgrade on 28 August 2010.
Works
Hasani also wrote a number of novels in Albanian, which were translated into
Serbo-Croatian and Macedonian
.
Novels
- Një natë e turbullt ("A troubled night", 1966)
- Fëmijëria e Gjon Vatrës ("The childhood of Gjon Vatra", 1975)
- Për bukën e bardhë ("For the white bread", 1977)
Other works
- Kosovo : istine i zablude, ("Kosovo, Truths and Illusions" 1986, in Serbian, concerning Albanian nationalism in Kosovo)
- Në fokus të ngjarjeve : bisedë me Sinan Hasanin / Tahir Z. Berisha ("In the focus of events, a conversation with Sinan Hasani / Tahir Z. Berisha" 2005, Biography, ISBN 9951-408-08-7)
Notes
- ^ a b B92: Preminuo Sinan Hasani (Sinan Hasani dies), 29 August 2010 (in Serbian)
- ^ Fjalimi i plotë-Enver Hoxha kërcenon Jugosllavinë. Retrieved 21 April 2024 – via www.youtube.com.
References
- Raif Dizdarević, Od smrti Tita do smrti Jugoslavije ("From Tito's death to the death of Yugoslavia", Sarajevo: Svjetlost, 2000)
External links
- Sinan Hasani at IMDb