Millosh Gjergj Nikolla, commonly known by the acronym pen name Migjeni, was an Albanian poet and writer, considered one of the most important of the 20th century. After his death, he was recognized as one of the main influential writers of interwar Albanian literature.
Portrait of Migjeni, photographed by Geg Marubi
Migjeni on an Albanian stamp from 1961.
A bust of Migjeni in front of the Migjeni Theatre in Shkodër.
The Migjeni Theatre in Shkodër.
Albanian literature stretches back to the Middle Ages and comprises those literary texts and works written in Albanian. It may also refer to literature written by Albanians in Albania, Kosovo and the Albanian diaspora particularly in Italy. Albanian occupies an independent branch within the Indo-European family and does not have any other closely related language. The origin of Albanian is not entirely known, but it may be a successor of the ancient Illyrian language.
Frontispiece of Historia de vita et gestis Scanderbegi, Epirotarum principis by Marin Barleti.
Excerpt from Meshari by Gjon Buzuku.
The New Testament, translated into Albanian, published using Greek characters, 1827.
Old Bejtexhinj divans