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Sotir Peci — Patrioti E Publicisti Veteran, Arsimtari E Gjuhetari, Politikani E Ministri Vizionar

Abstract

Sotir Peci published the first Albanian newspaper in America; the first newspaper before the Congress of Manastir and Elbasan, which became the tribune of patriotism, presentation, defense, independence and integrity against ultranationalist passions and tendencies of division and annexation. He debuted again with the newspaper "Bashkimi Kombëtar (National Union)", whose goal was national awareness. Thanks to his realism, pragmatism, but also foresight, maturity, consistency and correctness, he would create an uninterrupted vector of ascent and full affirmation as a personality in the functions of deputy, minister and regent. In the field of pedagogy, education and science he presented himself as a teacher at the Elbasan Normal School, then director at the Albanian Teacher Training School of Korça, assistant for education in the government of Ismail Qemali, director of Education for Tirana in the government of Durrës and, later, Minister of Education. In 1912 he published "Viti Premtar i Grammatikës (The Promising Year of Grammar") and planned the publication of 24 other school textbooks. The publisher of the Albanian language, he emerged as a scientific authority, who influenced the presentation of the Albanian language with the Greek alphabet, but also in the unification of the Albanian alphabet. Participant in both Alphabet Congresses, compiler of a grammar, publisher of newspapers, compiler of a voluminous Albanian-Albanian dictionary, member of the Literary Commission and permanent researcher of Albanian linguistic and literary phenomena, lexicologist and lexicographer, he worked for the future of the Albanian language, based on his moderate idea of using both dialects. I would paraphrase the figure of the veteran servant of the Fatherland Sotir Peci, recently in the work dedicated to him, as the representative and outstanding personality of that generation of national vanguard workers, who continued and transformed the Renaissance enlightenment efforts into a new nationwide movement for the formation, integration and affirmation of a modern nation and state.

Keywords

servant, veteran, publisher, educator, publicist, statesman

Authors

Kristaq Balli

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