Sic me thote nenua plakë (As the old woman told me), a book which would be published only in 1941 in Tirana. With her publications Musine had managed to arouse the interest of important writers such as Lasgush Poradeci, Ali Asllani and above all, Ernest Koliqi, whom at La Sapienza was the founder of the Institute of Albanian Studies. Koliqi quickly became a fundamental point of reference for the young writer and researcher, a model to be followed both in the scientific and poetic-literary field. Under the supervision of Namik Resuli, Musine worked on her doctoral thesis on Naim Frashëri (1876-1900). Through long archival research for which she was assisted by the grandson of the great poet, Mit'hat Frashëri, she illustrates in detail the multifaceted aspects that in Albania have made Naim Frashëri a symbol of national literature. Political career and imprisonment As World War II came to an end, Kokalari herself opened a bookstore and was invited to become a member of the Albanian League of Writers and Artists, created on October 7, 1945, under the chairmanship of Sejfulla Malëshova. All the time she was haunted by the execution without trial of her two brothers, Mumtaz and Vejsim, on November 12, 1944, by the communists and candidly demanded justice and retribution. Having herself been closely associated in 1944 with the fledgling Albanian Social-Democratic party and its press organ Zëri i lirisë ("The voice of freedom"), she was arrested on January 17, 1946, in an age of terror concomitant with the arrest of Malëshova, and on July 2, 1946, was sentenced to twenty years in prison by the military court of Tirana as a saboteur and enemy of the people. Right before her arrest Kokalari had sent a letter to the Allied Forces, which were still based in the Albanian capital, Tirana. In her letter she called for free elections and freedom of expression. At the trial, Kokalari stated the following: I don't need to be a communist to love my country. I love my country even though I am not a communist. I love its progress. You boast that you have won the war, and now you are the winner you want to extinguish those who you call political opponents. I think differently from you but I love my country. You are punishing me for my ideals! Life in internment and death In 1964, after 18 years in the