After he returned to Albania from his studies , he became an editor and , later , a publisher and literary critic at the state owned publishing house Naim Frashëri . There , he encouraged writers such as Ismail Kadare through his literary reviews ; he also led the company to publish more translations of foreign literary works into Albanian through the hiring of affirmed writers . Siliqi died in 1963 , at the age of 33 , on board Aeroflot Flight 12 which crashed near Irkutsk , Soviet Union
Aeroflot Flight 12
Aeroflot Flight 12
Drago Siliqi