Nicola Chetta, (Arbërisht: Nikollë Keta; 12 July 1741 – 15 December 1803) was an Arbëresh writer and priest. He was born in Contessa Entellina, Sicily. He was educated at the Greek Orthodox seminary in Palermo. In 1777, Keta himself became rector of the seminary. As a poet, he wrote both religious and secular verse in Albanian and Greek, and has the honour of having composed the first Albanian sonnet (1777). References 1740 births 1803 deaths People from Contessa Entellina Italian poets Italian male poets 18th-century Albanian people Albanian-language poets Greek-language poets Poets from Sicily Writers from the Province of Palermo