Llazar Siliqi
Born1924 (1924)
Shkodër, Albania
Died2001 (aged 76–77)
NationalityAlbanian
OccupationPoet
SpouseHenrieta Dodbiba
Parent
RelativesDrago Siliqi (first cousin)
FamilySiliqi
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Llazar Siliqi (1924–2001) was a notable Albanian poet.[1] His poetic profile was influenced by the work of Mayakovsky.[2]

Siliqi was born in Shkodër, the son of the Albanian poet and nationalist figure Risto Siliqi. He was first cousins with Drago Siliqi.[3] He was an active participant of the Albanian resistance during World War II, was arrested and interned in the Nazi concentration camp in Pristina, today's Kosovo.[4]

Siliqi was the librettist of the first Albanian opera, Mrika, composed by Prenkë Jakova,[5] as well as Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu (Scanderbeg) of 1969, an epic-heroic work written to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Scanderbeg, Albania's national hero, with music from Jakova as well.[6]

Siliqi is also known for the epic-narrative poem Prishtina (Pristina) of 1949, dedicated to the Pristina Nazi concentration camp during World War II,[4] and for the screenplay of the movie Komisari i Dritës (Commissar of Light) of 1966.[7]

A long time member of the Albanian League of Writers and Artists, he participated in the Orthography Congress of 1972 where the orthographic rules of the Albanian language were standardized, and was one of the signatories.[8]

Other works

References

  1. ^ Bédé, Jean Albert; Edgerton, William Benbow, eds. (1980), Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature (2 ed.), New York: Columbia University Press, p. 13, ISBN 9780231037174, OCLC 6421461
  2. ^ Arshi Pipa (1978), Albanian literature, social perspective, Albanische Forschungen, Harrassowitz, p. 181, ISBN 9783878281061, OCLC 5281689
  3. ^ "Llazar Siliqi", L'Europa Letteraria, Artistica, Cinematografica, Rome: Edizioni Rapporti Europei, 34: 114, 1965, ISSN 0531-2329, OCLC 5313001, ..Llazar Siliqi, figlio del poeta e patriota Risto Siliqi. Nato nel 1924 a Scutari,...
  4. ^ a b Albania Today, 1981, p. 38, ISSN 0044-7072, OCLC 1661316, One of the poetical works written in this period is the poem «Prishtina" by Llazar Siliqi, a militant poet participant in the resistance against fascism, ex-internee of the nazi concentration camp of Prishtina in Kosova.
  5. ^ Temali, Albana. "OPERA E PARE SHQIPTARE "MRIKA"" (in Albanian). Promotema. Archived from the original on 7 April 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  6. ^ "Music of Albania", Brio, United Kingdom Branch, International Association of Music Libraries, 30–31: 92, 1993, ISSN 0007-0173, OCLC 1537097
  7. ^ Abaz Hoxha (1987), Filmi artistik shqiptar, 1957-1984: filmografi, vol. 2, Shtëpia Botuese "8 Nëntori", p. 32, ISBN 9789992719145, OCLC 32511693
  8. ^ Kastriot Myftaraj (30 July 2012), Biografia e fshehur e delegatëve të Kongresit të Drejtshkrimit të vitit 1972 [The hidden biography of the delegates of the Congress of Orthography of 1972] (in Albanian), Telegraf, pp. 10–11, archived from the original on 12 July 2013


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