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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 he was the editor of two of the most authoritative magazines after Albania's independence, Posta e Shypniës 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gjergj Fishta has received more than 230,711 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Gjergj Fishta is the 8,842nd most popular politician (down from 8,091st in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Albania (down from 30th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Albanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gjergj Fishta ranks 8,842 out of 19,576. Before him are Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha, Al-Mansur Billah, Floris II, Count of Holland, Fyodor Rostopchin, Hannibal Hamlin, and Elihu Root. After him are Marfa Sobakina, Raif Dizdarević, Michael Szilágyi, Prince August, Duke of Dalarna, Anatoly Lukyanov, and Hethum I, King of Armenia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Gjergj Fishta ranks 59. Before him are Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe, William Heard Kilpatrick, Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, Hermann Abert, Meletius IV of Constantinople, and Thekla Resvoll. After him are Erich von Tschermak, Ahatanhel Krymsky, Dame Gruev, Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Arthur Griffith, and Alajos Szokolyi. Among people deceased in 1940, Gjergj Fishta ranks 72. Before him are Luigi Orione, Jehan Alain, Henri Desgrange, Janina Lewandowska, J.-H. Rosny aîné, and Alfred Loisy. After him are Robert Hichens, Oliver Lodge, Olga Boznańska, John A. Hobson, Abdelhamid Ben Badis, and Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz.

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In Albania

Among people born in Albania, Gjergj Fishta ranks 37 out of 150. Before him are Bamir Topi (1957), Kolë Idromeno (1860), Ernest Simoni (1928), Marin Barleti (1450), Gjon Kastrioti (1400), and Koca Davud Pasha (1401). After him are Bujar Nishani (1966), Dritëro Agolli (1931), Sedefkar Mehmed Agha (1540), Abdyl Frashëri (1839), Aleksandër Stavre Drenova (1872), and Ilir Meta (1969).

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Among POLITICIANS In Albania

Among politicians born in Albania, Gjergj Fishta ranks 29. Before him are Karl Thopia (1331), Haxhi Lleshi (1913), Fatos Nano (1952), Bamir Topi (1957), Gjon Kastrioti (1400), and Koca Davud Pasha (1401). After him are Bujar Nishani (1966), Abdyl Frashëri (1839), Ilir Meta (1969), Adil Çarçani (1922), Omer Nishani (1887), and Aleksandër Meksi (1939).

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