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Gjergj Fishta

1871 - 1940

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Gjergj Fishta (pronounced [ɟɛɾɟ ˈfiʃta]; 23 October 1871 – 30 December 1940) was an Albanian Franciscan friar, poet, educator, rilindas, politician, translator and writer. He is regarded as one of the most influential Albanian writers of the 20th century, particularly for his epic masterpiece Lahuta e Malcís, and as the editor of two of the most authoritative magazines after Albania's independence, Posta e Shqypniës and Hylli i Dritës. Fishta was the chairman of the Congress of Manastir, which sanctioned the official Albanian alphabet, and he was part of the Albanian delegation to the Versailles Conference in 1919. In 1921, he was a member of the Albanian parliament and eventually became the deputy chairman. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gjergj Fishta is the 10,306th most popular politician (down from 8,841st in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Albania (down from 37th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Albanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gjergj Fishta ranks 10,306 out of 19,576. Before him are Anselmo Alliegro y Milá, Jean-Yves Le Drian, Hernán Siles Zuazo, Alexander I Aldea, Rainulf Drengot, and Frederuna. After him are Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, Władysław Czartoryski, Tan Malaka, Harry F. Byrd Jr., Marie of Baden-Sponheim, and Mihai Ghimpu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Gjergj Fishta ranks 80. Before him are Luigi Sturzo, Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, John Millington Synge, Thekla Resvoll, Oscar Wisting, and Efstathios Chorafas. After him are Hubert Cecil Booth, Emmanuel Foulon, Martin Knudsen, Ivan Poddubny, Ahatanhel Krymsky, and Arthur Griffith. Among people deceased in 1940, Gjergj Fishta ranks 90. Before him are Édouard Branly, Yevhen Petrushevych, Gaston Billotte, Ben Turpin, Henri Desgrange, and Ernst Weiss. After him are Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz, Raymond Smith Dugan, Umberto Caligaris, Jaan Teemant, Gunnar Höckert, and Gyula Kellner.

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In Albania

Among people born in Albania, Gjergj Fishta ranks 41 out of 150. Before him are Fatos Nano (1952), Marin Barleti (1450), Bujar Nishani (1966), Evangelos Zappas (1800), Koca Davud Pasha (1401), and Ilir Meta (1969). After him are Dritëro Agolli (1931), Aleksandër Stavre Drenova (1872), Frang Bardhi (1606), Sedefkar Mehmed Agha (1540), Abdyl Frashëri (1839), and Aleksandër Meksi (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In Albania

Among politicians born in Albania, Gjergj Fishta ranks 32. Before him are Shefqet Vërlaci (1877), Haxhi Lleshi (1913), Fatos Nano (1952), Bujar Nishani (1966), Koca Davud Pasha (1401), and Ilir Meta (1969). After him are Abdyl Frashëri (1839), Aleksandër Meksi (1939), Omer Nishani (1887), Xhafer Ypi (1880), Adil Çarçani (1922), and Fejzi Alizoti (1874).

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