Aleksandër Xhuvani

Aleksandër Xhuvani (14 March 1880 – 22 November 1961) was an Albanian philologist and educator.^[1] Xhuvani spent much of his career working for the improvement of Albanian schools; he also advocated the standardization of the Albanian language in the years following Albania's independence. Among his writings are grammars in Albanian, as well as a dictionary of the language. Xhuvani also served as a politician, sitting in both the Constituent Assembly of the Albanian Kingdom and as a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania. In the latter he served as vice-president of the Presidium towards the end of his life.

Aleksandër Xhuvani
Born	(1880-03-14)14 March 1880 Elbasan, Ottoman Empire
Died	22 November 1961(1961-11-22) (aged 81) Tirana Albania
Occupation	writer, scholar
Notable awards	People's Teacher
Signature

Elbasan's Aleksandër Xhuvani University is named after him.

Life

Aleksandër Xhuvani was born on March 14, 1880, in Elbasan, then Ottoman Empire. He completed elementary school in his hometown at "Normalja e Elbasanit", while the high school in Tsotyli, then part of the Manastir Vilayet.^[2] In 1902 he began his studies at the Faculty of Philology at the University of Athens and graduated in 1906. In August of the same year he was invited by Luigj Gurakuqi to teach in Albanian at the Arbëreshë College of San Demetrio Corone in the province of Cosenza, Italy.^[3]

References

1. "Më 14 mars 1880 lindi Aleksandër Xhuvani, gjuhëtar dhe pedagog i shquar". VOAL - Voice of Albanians. 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
2. "Prof. Aleksandër Xhuvani – jeta, vepra dhe fjala e tij në varrimin e At Gjergj Fishtës…". Radi and Radi (in Albanian). 2014-08-30. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
3. "Aleksandër Xhuvani – "Mësues i Popullit" (14 mars 1880 – 22 nëntor 1961)". ADE. 2018-03-13. Archived from the original on 2020-07-13. Retrieved 2020-07-13.

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