{"id":7352,"date":"2023-11-06T09:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T09:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/2023\/11\/06\/elena-gjika-dora-distria-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:52:08","slug":"elena-gjika-dora-distria-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/2023\/11\/06\/elena-gjika-dora-distria-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Elena Gjika (Dora d\u2019Istria)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elena Gjika (Dora d’Istria), Romanian writer and publicist of Albanian origin, passed away in Florence, Italy. She was born in Bucharest, Romania, in 1829. She actively participated in the progressive cultural movement of Europe, as a fighter of free thought and as an opponent of despotic monarchical rule and national oppression. She warmly supported the Albanian national movement, maintained close ties with its prominent activists, such as Jeronim de Rada, Dhimitër Kamarda, Zef Jubani, Thimi Mitko, etc., and thought about the organization of the national movement, especially in the years of the Albanian League of Prizren . In a series of studies: “La nationalité albanaise d’après les chants populaires” <\/em>(“Albanian nationality according to popular songs”, 1866), ” Gli scrittori albanesi dell’Italia meridionale” <\/em>(“Albanian writers of Southern Italy”, 1867), ” Gli Albanesi in Rumenia” <\/em>(“Albanians in Romania”, 1873) etc., through historical folk songs she pointed out the centuries-old struggle of the Albanian people against the Ottoman rule, affirming at the same time the values of folklore traditions as an expression of the spirit and the national identity of peoples. As a sign of gratitude for the help given in the recognition of the Albanian issue by world public opinion, the renaissance and Arbëresh patriots of Italy and Greece dedicated to her the book entitled “A Dora D’Istria – Gli Albanesi” <\/em>, 1870 (“Dora d’Istrias – Albanians”), a collection of patriotic poems. (Pictured: Dora d’Istria by Petre Mateescu, 1876.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Text:<\/span><\/strong> Albanian encyclopedic dictionary – Vol. 1 <\/em>, Academy of Sciences of Albania, “Kristalina-KH”, Tirana, 2008, page 834.<\/span><\/p>\n

Photo: <\/span><\/strong>© <\/span>https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dora_d%27Istria<\/span><\/a><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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