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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 217,755 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Gjergj Fishta is the 8,115th most popular politician (up from 8,588th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Albania (up from 32nd in 2019) and the 24th most popular Albanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gjergj Fishta ranks 8,115 out of 15,577Before him are Burna-Buriash II, Trương Tấn Sang, Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain, Natan Sharansky, Jioji Konrote, and Kâzım Karabekir. After him are Leonardo Donato, Minervina, Elisabeth of Bohemia, Michael Szilágyi, Philippa of Guelders, and Chungsuk of Goryeo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Gjergj Fishta ranks 61Before him are Doppo Kunikida, Mariano Fortuny, Oscar Wisting, Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, Erich von Tschermak, and Arthur Tansley. After him are Alajos Szokolyi, Segundo de Chomón, Meletius IV of Constantinople, Martin Knudsen, Jovan Dučić, and Wilhelm von Mirbach. Among people deceased in 1940, Gjergj Fishta ranks 66Before him are Marie Krøyer, Jehan Alain, Luigi Orione, Édouard Branly, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, and Jan Kubelík. After him are Willi Münzenberg, Phan Bội Châu, Arthur Rostron, Oliver Lodge, Henri Desgrange, and Nedo Nadi.

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In Albania

Among people born in Albania, Gjergj Fishta ranks 30 out of 111Before him are John Koukouzelis (1280), Haxhi Lleshi (1913), Bamir Topi (1957), Evangelos Zappas (1800), Ilir Meta (1969), and Marin Barleti (1450). After him are Fatos Nano (1952), Karl Thopia (1331), Ernest Simoni (1928), Koca Davud Pasha (1401), Adil Çarçani (1922), and Bujar Nishani (1966).

Among POLITICIANS In Albania

Among politicians born in Albania, Gjergj Fishta ranks 24Before him are Essad Pasha Toptani (1863), Gentius (-300), Rexhep Meidani (1944), Haxhi Lleshi (1913), Bamir Topi (1957), and Ilir Meta (1969). After him are Fatos Nano (1952), Karl Thopia (1331), Koca Davud Pasha (1401), Adil Çarçani (1922), Bujar Nishani (1966), and Abdyl Frashëri (1839).