Albania (magazine)
The magazine Albania was an organ of the Albanian national movement Rilindja , published by the journalist and diplomat Faik Konica . The magazine was published from 1897 to 1910.
history
The first edition of Albania appeared in Brussels on March 25, 1897 , initially in Albanian and later also in French. From 1902 to 1910 it was published in London . Albania became one of the most important titles among the early Albanian press products and was available in all European countries as well as in the provinces of the Ottoman Empire .
Content and meaning
The magazine Albania covered a wide range of topics, from history to politics and economics to language, culture, art and religion. The bilingual magazine not only served the Albanian diaspora in Western and Central Europe, but was also an important source of information about Albania among diplomats. Many important Albanian authors at that time published parts of their works in Albania , such as Gjergj Fishta , Andon Zako Çajupi , Kostandin Kristoforidhi and Thimi Mitko .
literature
- Marcel Cornis-Pope / John Neubauer: History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe. Junctures and Disjunctures in The 19th and 20th Centuries. Vol. III. Amsterdam / Philadelphia: John Benjamin Publishing Company 2007. ISBN 978-90-272-3455-1 .
- Robert Elsie: Albanian Literature: A Short History. London / New York 2005: IB Tauris / Center for Albanian Studies / Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 1-84511-031-5 .
- Elisabeth Özdalga: Late Ottoman Society. The Intellectual Legacy. London / New York: Routledge 2005. ISBN 978-0-415-66544-5 . Review on sehepunkte (accessed December 23, 2016)
Remarks
- ^ Elsie: The National Role of the Albanian Literary Journals in: Cornis-Pope / Neubauer: History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe. Junctures and Disjunctures in The 19th and 20th Centuries. Vol. III. Amsterdam / Philadelphia 2007. p. 93.