as an energetic Rilindas who contributed all his life to the Albanian national cause. A neighborhood in Berat, previously called Vakëf, was renamed after him. Schools and publishing houses in Albania bear his name. See also Jani Vreto Sotir Kolea Society for the Publication of Albanian Writings References 1863 births 1931 deaths People from Poliçan Eastern Orthodox Christians from Albania Albanians from the Ottoman Empire Activists of the Albanian National Awakening 20th-century Albanian writers 19th-century Albanian writers Albanian expatriates in Egypt Albanian publishers (people)