Jani Vreto
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Jani Vreto was an Albanian writer, printer, publisher and important figure of the Albanian National Awakening. He was responsible for setting up and overseeing the work of the first Albanian printing
Vreto, 1880s
Title page of Erveheja 1888 using Sami Frashëri’s alphabet.
Jani Vreto's statue in Leskovik
Society for the Publication of Albanian Letters was a patriotic organization of Albanian intellectuals, promoting publications in Albanian, especially school texts, which were extremely important for
Jani Vreto
…represented the Albanian population of the Ottoman Empire alongside Abdyl Frashëri at the Congress of Berlin. In 1879 he became one of the founders of Society for the Publication of Albanian Letters, (Albanian: Shoqëri e të shtypurit shkronjavet shqip), an organization responsible for publishing Albanian textbooks and opening Albanian schools. Vreto…
Facsimile of the Statute with the founders' names