Visar Dodani

Visar Dodani (1857-1939) was an Albanian journalist and activist of the Albanian National Awakening.

Life

Visar Dodani was born in Korçë, southern Albania (back then Ottoman Empire) in 1857.[1] In 1880 he moved to Bucharest, Romania, where he joined the Albanian association Drita (English: Light), major organization of the Albanian National Awakening. In Romania, Dodani frequently wrote articles in Romanian newspapers regarding Albanian-related issues.[1] In 1896 the Romanian government offered him Romanian citizenship. Visar Dodani was also a founding member of the nationalist organization Lidhja Shqiptare Ortodokse.[2]

In 1898 he published the Mjalt' e mbletësë a farë-faresh, viersha, të-thëna, njera-tiatra, dhe fytyra Shqipëtarësh me jetën e tyre, a folkloric collection of 247 pages, printed in the printing house of the Albanian Colony of Bucarest.[3] In 8 February 1903, Dodani published in Bucharest Trigelhim a Serb' e Zuzarevet ("The villains' ringing in Serbian), a collection of satiric poetry, dedicated to those who didn't want the testament of V.Tarpo (an Albanian expatriate) to come public.[4] In 1910 he translated and adapted the Il trovatore of Salvadore Cammarano in 5 acts.[5] His name appears as V.A.D., Vissarion A. Dodani, or Viskë A. Dodani as well.

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Albanien: vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart p.151
  2. ↑ Revista romanǎ de sociologie p.528
  3. ↑ Lumo Skendo (1927-01-01). "Aktiviteti i Shqiptarevet ne Rumani". Diturija (3): 96. OCLC 699822534.
  4. ↑ Lumo Skendo (1927-02-01). "Aktiviteti i Shqiptarevet ne Rumani". Diturija (4): 143. OCLC 699822534.
  5. ↑ Lumo Skendo (1927-02-01). "Aktiviteti i Shqiptarevet ne Rumani". Diturija (4): 144. OCLC 699822534.

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