Hija e maleve, Tregtar flamujsh: Botim anastatik

by Ernest Koliqi

Botim anastatik: “Hija e maleve” e vitit 1929 dhe “Tregtar flamujsh” e vitit 1935

422 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2020

About the author

Ernest Koliqi was an Albanian poet, prose writer, dramatist and literary scholar and translator. Born in Shkodra, where he also attended his first lessons in the Shkodër Jesuit College he moved to Italy to study in Brescia and then at the University of Padua, and became knowledgeable in Albanian folk history. He began to write under pseudonyms, such as Hilushi, Hilush Vilza and Borizani.

In the 1920s and 1930s Koliqi was the founder of leading magazines in Albania, such as the "Illyria" magazine, "Ora e Maleve", "Shkendija" and other magazines such as "Shejzat" in Italy. He also was the Minister of Education at the time of the Albanian Kingdom during World War II, when he contributed in establishing public libraries in Albania. Koliqi endeavored to compose a proper history of the Albanian literature, without any influence of the political ideologies or else.

As a writer many of his literary works were banned because of his liberal political views. He became creative in prose, and together with Mitrush Kuteli are considered the founders of modern Albanian prose. He translated into Albanian the works of the great Italian writers such as Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Ludovico Ariosto, Torquato Tasso, Giuseppe Parini, Vincenzo Monti, Ugo Foscolo, and Alessandro Manzoni. He distinguished himself in the translation of an anthology of Italian poetry in 1963.

In his books such as Hija e Maleve (The Shadow of the Mountains)(1929), Tregtar flamujsh (Flags' Merchant) (1935) and Pasqyrat e Narçizit (The Mirrors of Narcissus)(1936), Koliqi brings a unique spirituality to Albanian literature. Koliqi died in Italy in 1975.

Reviews

[Gentiana Kapllani]

M’u desh nje vere e tere per ta mbaruar, e per te kuptuar qe disa prej tregimeve, nuk me fanepsen sikurse heren e pare qe i kam lexuar (“Tregtar flamujsh”, “Kumbulla pertej murit”, “Hane gjaku”).
Ama kam deshiruar e enderruar qe “Gjaku” te kishte tjeter fund, paçka se Nesti nuk na ofron heronj ne tregimet e tij; e kam perpire çdo germe, e paragraf, e faqe, e etur, dhe e mrekulluar, dhe ne pritje te ndryshimeve qe Doda premtonte te sillte; por zakoni dhe tradita qe prisnin ne cep te enderrimeve te tij, me dhane fundin qe parashikoja, por perseri shpresoja te ishte ndryshe.

[Malchenne]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
1. Miku
2. Bylbylat e Plepishtit
3. Djepi arit
4. Kumbulla përtej murit
5. Gjaku
6. Tregtar flamujsh

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
7. Nji ngjarje në rrugacën "Kezenaj"
8. Kopshti
9. Nusja e mrekullueshme
10. Vena shtatë vjeçe

⭐️⭐️⭐️
11. "A ta laçë?..."
12. Kanga e re
13. Ke tre lisat
14. Kërcimtarja e Dukagjinit
15. Zana e fundme
16. Diloca
17. Andërr e nji mbasditje vere
18. E gjeti mbas shimshirit

⭐️⭐️
19. Vaji i qitun
20. Anmiku në shtëpi
21. Rrokoll
22. Kur Orët lajmojnë...
23. Se qofsh, pleqnofsh
24. Hanë gjaku
25. Nji ditë prej ditsh
26. Duert e nanës

⭐️
27. Dram i vogël
28. Lumnija