Ali Asllani

Ali Asllani (28 November 1884 in Vajza, Vlorë District, 20 December 1966 in Tirana, Albania) was an Albanian poet, politician and activist of the Albanian National Awakening.[1]

Ali Asllani
Born28 November 1884
Vajza, Vlorë District,
Died20 December 1966
Tirana, Albania
NationalityAlbanian
Occupationpoet and politician
Known forbeing an activist of the Albanian National Awakening

Biography

Asllani was born in village Vajza, Vlorë District, Ottoman Albania, in present-day Kotë, Selenicë municipality.[2] He was educated in Ioannina (Zosimaia School) and Istanbul and started working as public servant in the Ottoman administration. He is remembered for his song Hanko Halla (English: Aunt Jane).[3] He collaborated with Ismail Qemali and his Provisional Government. In 1930's he represented Albania as consul in Greece and Bulgaria.

Selected works
  • Hanko Halla: poemë, Biblioteka e Traditës: Antikuar, "Naim Frashëri", 1999

References
  1. Elsie, Robert (29 July 2005). Albanian literature: a short history. (London, England): Centre for Albanian Studies. p. 153. ISBN 9781845110314. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  2. Robert Elsie (24 December 2012). A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. I.B.Tauris. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-78076-431-3. Retrieved 31 December 2013. ASLLANI,ALI (28.11.1882-20.12.1966) Poet and diplomat. Ali Asllani was born in the village of Vajza near Vlora
  3. Joseph Twadell Shipley (1946). Encyclopedia of literature. Philosophical Library. p. 18. Among the younger generation who are largely under the influence of symbolism and the later movements, but who are no less patriotic in their feelings, are Ali Asllani with his Hanko Halla (Aunt Jane), a collection of poems that express


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