Nikolla bey Ivanaj

Nikolla bey Ivanaj or Nikollë Ivanaj (1879 – 1951) was an Albanian journalist,^[1] publisher and writer from Montenegro.^[2] He was considered one of the "distinguished personalities of the most conscious Albanian nationalism" and was included in Albanian insurgents' main staff during 1911.^[3] Ivanaj was the first Albanian writer from Montenegro with his work The flower of eternity (Albanian: Lulet e pasosme) published in Tirana in 1943.^[4]

Nikolla bey Ivanaj
Born	1879
Died	1951
Nationality	Albanian, Austrian, Italian, Montenegrin
Other names	Nikola İvanaj (in Turkish)
Occupation(s)	an Albanian journalist, publisher and writer
Known for	Albanian national awakening
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In the 1905–08 period, he published the newspaper Shpnesa e Shqypnisë (The Hope of Albania) in Dubrovnik,^[1] Trieste and Rome, getting financial aid from the different sides.^[5][6] For his publishing activities Ivanaj managed to gain financial support of Albert Ghica, a member of the Ghica noble family and pretender to the Albanian throne.^[7] He was one of the leaders of the Albanian National Committee which was founded in Podgorica at the beginning of 1911 and participated in organization of the Albanian uprising.^{[8][better source needed]} His speech to the Italian Press Association held on January 26, 1911 is in some sources considered "an historical document of vital importance".^[9] Ivanaj was also one of the participants of the Albanian Congress of Trieste held in 1913.^[10] In January 1919 he started publishing another newspapers The New Time (Albanian: Koha e Re) in Shkodër^[11] which, on January 31, 1919, published the news about the death of Ismail Qemali.^[12]

During the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, he represented the Political Party (Albanian: Partise Politike) from United States.^[13] In 1923, together with his cousin Mirash Ivanaj he published the newspaper Bashkimi in Albania.^[14] and the weekly Republika from 1923 until 1925, both in Shkodër. During World War II, Ivanaj published an autobiographical book Historija e Shqipëniës së ré. Vuejtjet e veprimet e mija (English: History of Young Albania. My sufferences and my actions) in two parts published in 1943 and 1945 respectively, where he focused on the role of the catholic clergy. At last he left a volume of poetry before he died in 1951.^[15][16]

Selected works

• Historija e Shqipëniës së ré - Vuejtjet e veprimet e mija (in Albanian), Tirana: Pjesa e parë, 1943, archived from the original on July 19, 2011

References

1. Skendi, Stavro (1967). The Albanian national awakening. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 230. ISBN 9781400847761.
2. Elsie - Nopcsa.
3. Gurakuqi, Romeo (2002). "The Highland Uprising of 1911". Shkodra: Phoenix. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2011. The inclusion of the distinguished personalities of the most conscious Albanian nationalism, Luigj Gurakuqi, Hilë Mosi, Ismail Qemali, and Nikolla Ivanaj in Albanian insurgents' and Albanian refuges' main staffs
4. Anton Gojčaj (June 17, 2006). "Albanska književnost u Crnoj Gori". Pobjeda. Retrieved 25 February 2011. prvi autor iz ovih krajeva jeste Nikola Ivanaj (1879-1951), autor zbirke pjesama "Lulet e pasosme" (Cvijeće vječnosti), Tirana 1943.
5. Clayer 2007, p. 424, "Apres moult aventures, Nikolla Ivanaj avait publie un journal a Dubrovnik, puis a Trieste et enfin a Rome, obtenant des aides financieres de different cotes..
6. Neziri, Zeqirja. "RAPSODËT E RUGOVËS DHE TEORIA E EPOSIT". Radio Kosova e lire. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
7. Clayer 2007, p. 404, "Seul Nikolla Ivanaj, qui trouva lui aussi le soutien financier du prince Ghika, vint en 1908.
8. "Historia e Malesisë". Malesia.org. Retrieved March 3, 2011. dhe mbas themelimit të Komitetit Nacional Shqiptarë në Podgoricë në shkurt 1911 në krye të së cilit vëndoset Sokol Baci Ivezaj dhe që drejtohej nga Nikollë Ivanaj...Në mbledhjen e Podgoricës (2-4 shkurt 1911) do të vëndoset që kryengritja do të fillojë me sigurimin e armës, afer Shën Gjergjit.
9. "Press Release No. 1 - November 10, 1999". New York City: The Martin and Mirash Ivanaj Foundation on the Columbia University web site. November 10, 1999. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved February 26, 2011. an historical document of vital importance
10. Nopcsa, Franz. "The Congress of Trieste". Robert Elsie. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2011. Nikolla Ivanaj, who endeavoured unsuccessfully to challenge the authority of the chairman simply in order to draw attention to himself.
11. Çami, Muin (1973). La Lutte anti-imperialiste de liberation nationale du peuple albanais, 1918-1920 (in French). Albania: Académie des Sciences de la Rp d'Albanie, Institut d'Histoire. ...Deux autres organes, «Besa Shqyptare» (La Foi albanaise) et «Koha e re» (Temps nouveaux) de Nikolla Ivanaj, parurent également à Shkoder, mais pour très peu de temps, le premier au cours du mois de novembre 1918, et le second en janvier 1919...
12. "Vdekja dhe varrimet e Ismail Qemalit". Shqiperia.com. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
13. Ahmetaj, Lavdosh. "Nje tepelenas ne Konferencen e Paqes". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2011. Midis tyre u dallua Nikolla Ivanaj, i cili kishte shkuar ne muajin gusht nga Shqiperia ne Paris si perfaqesues i "Partise Politike" te SHBA.
14. Mirash Ivanaj; lost in dictatorship by Phd. Iljaz Gogaj, "Standart " Newspaper, September 13, 2008 (in Albanian)
15. Elsie, Robert (1995). "History of Albanian Literature". p. 158. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
16. Bogumil Hrabak. "Orijentacija kosovskih i debarskih Albanaca u prvim mesecima 1912. godine". Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2011. Nikola Ivanaj, publicista i pripadnik masonskog bratstva

Sources

• Elsie, Robert. "Baron Franz Nopcsa and his contribution to Albanian studies". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved February 25, 2011. Nikolla bey Ivanaj (1879- ca. 1948), Albanian publisher and writer from Montenegro
• Clayer, Nathalie (2007). Aux origines du nationalisme albanais: la naissance d'une nation majoritairement musulmane en Europe. KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-84586-816-8.