Ali Asllani
Ali Asllani | |
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Born | Vajza, Vlorë District, | November 28, 1884
Died | December 20, 1966 | (aged 82)
Nationality | Albanian |
Occupation(s) | Poet, politician |
Known for | being an activist of the Albanian National Awakening |
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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.
Biography
Asllani was born in village Vajza, Vlorë District, Ottoman Albania, in present-day Kotë, Selenicë municipality. 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). He collaborated with Ismail Qemali and his Provisional Government. In 1930s he represented Albania as consul in Greece and Bulgaria.
Selected works
- Hanko Halla: poemë, Biblioteka e Traditës: Antikuar, "Naim Frashëri", 1999
- 1884 births
- 1966 deaths
- People from Selenicë
- Albanian people from the Ottoman Empire
- Civil servants from the Ottoman Empire
- 20th-century Albanian politicians
- 19th-century Albanian writers
- 20th-century Albanian writers
- Activists of the Albanian National Awakening
- Zosimaia School alumni
- Mekteb-i Mülkiye alumni
- Ambassadors of Albania to Greece
- Ambassadors of Albania to Bulgaria
- Albanian people stubs