Alfred Uçi, professor of philosophy and aesthetics at the University of Tirana, professor, academic, passed away in Tirana. He was born in Korçe, in 1930. At a young age, he participated in the Anti-Fascist National Liberation War, in the ranks of the IX Assault Brigade. He completed his higher studies in philosophy at “Lomonosov” University in Moscow (1954). For a long period he taught philosophy and aesthetics at the University of Tirana. He devoted himself from the beginning to the study of the heritage of Albanian philosophical thought, publishing monographs on the life and work of Jani Vreto and Theodhor Kavalioti. In the years 1979-1986 he was the director of the Institute of Popular Culture, editor-in-chief of the magazine “Kultura Popullore” (“Folk Culture”) and of a number of scientific and documentary publications of that institute; in the years 1987-1990, chairman of the Culture and Arts Committee and Minister of Culture. After that, he devoted himself entirely to scientific work, publishing a series of studies in the field of aesthetics and taking into account not only Albanian authors, but also authors from the most well-known world literature. Among his main works are: “Estetika, jeta, arti“ (“Aesthetics, life, art”) (1970), “Probleme të estetikës“ (“Issues of aesthetics”) (1976), “Mitologjia, folklori, letërsia” (“Mythology, folklore, literature”) (1982), “Çështje teorike të estetikës dhe të kulturës“ (“Theoretical issues of aesthetics and culture”) (1986), “Shekspiri në botën shqiptare“ (“Shakespeare in the Albanian world”) (1996), “Prometheus and Hamlet” (in Greek language, Athens, 1998), “Estetika në letërsinë shqipe“ (“Aesthetics in Albanian literature”) (2001), “Filozofia e Teodor Anastas Kavaliotit“ (“The philosophy of Teodor Anastas Kavalioti”) (2004), “Estetika e folklorit” (“Aesthetics of folklore”)(2007) etc. He received the Republic Award of the First Class three times. (In the photo: Alfred Uçi)
Text: Albanian encyclopedic dictionary – Vol. 3 , Academy of Sciences of Albania, “Kristalina-KH”, Tirana, 2009, page 2783.
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