Luca Bogdano

Luca Bogdano (Albanian: Llukë Bogdani, Italian: Luca Bogdano; died 1687) was an Ottoman poet of Albanian origin.

Luca Bogdano
Born	near Prizren, Ottoman Empire
Died	1687 near Kaçanik
Nationality	Ottoman-Albanian
Other names	Llukë Bogdani
Occupation	poet
Relatives	Pjetër Bogdani (Cousin)
Family	Bogdani

Life

Born near Prizren he studied in the Catholic school of Yanova (now Janjevo), joined the Austrian forces during the Great Turkish War under the guidance of his cousin Archbishop Petro Bogdano and died near Kaçanik in 1687.^[1] An eight-line poem titled Pjetër Bogdanit, argjupeshkëpit Skupsë, kushërinit tim dashunit (Lit. To my dear cousin Petro Bogdano, Archbishop of Skopje) and written by Luca Bogdano was published in the first version Cuneus Prophetarum in 1685.^[2] Petro Bogdano apparently polished the verses of panegyric improvised by Llukë.^[3] In later versions of the work the poem was removed as it was considered laudatory, and thus religiously inappropriate.^[4]

References

1. Dushi, Minir (1999). "Xehetaria e Kosovës gjatë shekujve". Dardania (1): 85.
2. Elsie, Robert (2005). Albanian literature: a short history (2005 ed.). I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-031-4.
3. Pipa, Arshi (1978). Albanian folk verse: structure and genre. Trofenik. p. 32. ISBN 978-3-87828-119-1. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
4. Mann, Stuart (1955). Albanian literature: an outline of prose, poetry, and drama. B. Quaritch. p. 6.