{"id":7432,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/1970\/01\/01\/marin-becikemi\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:52:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:52:15","slug":"marin-becikemi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/marin-becikemi\/","title":{"rendered":"Marin Be\u00e7ikemi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Marin<\/span> Beçikemi<\/span> was<\/span> born<\/span> in Shkodër, <\/span>Albanian<\/span> humanist, <\/span>lecturer<\/span>, <\/span>writer<\/span> and<\/span> orator <\/span>who<\/span> developed<\/span> his<\/span> activity<\/span> in <\/span>exile<\/span>. He <\/span>was<\/span> born<\/span> in a <\/span>family<\/span> that<\/span> had<\/span> played<\/span> a role in the <\/span>history<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>city<\/span>. <\/span>Together<\/span> with<\/span> many<\/span> compatriots<\/span>, he <\/span>left<\/span> his<\/span> hometown<\/span> in 1479, <\/span>when<\/span> Shkodra <\/span>fell<\/span> into<\/span> the <\/span>hands<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Ottomans<\/span>. <\/span>Marin<\/span> Beçikemi<\/span> grew<\/span> up<\/span> and<\/span> was<\/span> educated<\/span> in <\/span>Brescia<\/span>, a <\/span>city<\/span> under<\/span> the rule <\/span>of<\/span> Venice, <\/span>where<\/span> he <\/span>received<\/span> a <\/span>serious<\/span> training<\/span> in <\/span>classical<\/span> languages<\/span>. <\/span>After<\/span> 1494<\/span> he <\/span>lived<\/span> in <\/span>Ragusa<\/span> as a <\/span>school<\/span> rector<\/span>; <\/span>carried<\/span> out<\/span> diplomatic<\/span> missions<\/span> in the <\/span>service<\/span> of<\/span> Venice, <\/span>created<\/span> a <\/span>school<\/span> of<\/span> humanistic<\/span> studies<\/span> in <\/span>that<\/span> city<\/span>, <\/span>taught<\/span> classical<\/span> languages<\/span> in <\/span>Brescia<\/span>, <\/span>Padua<\/span>, <\/span>etc<\/span>.; <\/span>since<\/span> 1517 he <\/span>was<\/span> called<\/span> professor<\/span> of<\/span> rhetoric<\/span> at the <\/span>University<\/span> of<\/span> Padua<\/span>. <\/span>Marin<\/span> Beçikemi<\/span> raised<\/span> entire<\/span> generations<\/span> of<\/span> humanists<\/span>; <\/span>devoted<\/span> a <\/span>series<\/span> of<\/span> works<\/span>, <\/span>published<\/span> in Venice, Rome, Paris, <\/span>etc<\/span>., to <\/span>commenting<\/span> on<\/span> the <\/span>analysis<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>works<\/span> of<\/span> Cicero<\/span>, <\/span>Titus<\/span> Livius<\/span>, <\/span>Pliny<\/span>, <\/span>Virgil<\/span>, <\/span>etc<\/span>. <\/span>Marin<\/span> Beçikemi<\/span> also<\/span> created<\/span> another<\/span> literary<\/span> genre<\/span>, “<\/span><\/span>Panegyrics<\/span><\/span>“, <\/span>boastful<\/span> speeches<\/span> dedicated<\/span> to <\/span>historical<\/span> figures<\/span> and<\/span> events<\/span> of<\/span> the time. In the <\/span>panegyric<\/span> of<\/span> 1503, <\/span>Marin<\/span> Beçikemi<\/span> sets<\/span> in <\/span>motion<\/span> all the <\/span>tools<\/span> of<\/span> classical<\/span> rhetorical<\/span> art. At the <\/span>same<\/span> time, <\/span>he<\/span> gives<\/span> an <\/span>accurate<\/span> picture<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>history<\/span> of<\/span> half<\/span> a <\/span>century<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>life<\/span> of<\/span> Shkodra <\/span>and<\/span> Northern<\/span> Albania<\/span>, <\/span>culminating<\/span> in the <\/span>heroic<\/span> defense<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>city<\/span> against<\/span> two<\/span> Ottoman<\/span> sieges<\/span> in 1474 <\/span>and<\/span> 1478. In it, <\/span>one<\/span> can<\/span> feel<\/span> the <\/span>author’s<\/span> pride<\/span> for<\/span> his<\/span> homeland<\/span> and<\/span> his<\/span> people<\/span>, <\/span>who<\/span> revived<\/span> in <\/span>figures<\/span> such<\/span> as <\/span>Skanderbeg<\/span> and<\/span> the <\/span>defenders<\/span> of<\/span> Shkodra, the <\/span>heroes<\/span> of<\/span> antiquity<\/span>. He <\/span>passed<\/span> away<\/span> in 1526. <\/span><\/span>(In the <\/span>photo<\/span>: <\/span>Marin<\/span> Beçikemi<\/span> by the <\/span>painter<\/span> Pjerin<\/span> Sheldija<\/span>.)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Text<\/span>:<\/span><\/span> Albanian<\/span> encyclopedic<\/span> dictionary<\/span> – Vol. 1 <\/span><\/span>, <\/span>Academy<\/span> of<\/span> Sciences<\/span> of<\/span> Albania<\/span>, “<\/span>Kristalina<\/span>-KH”, Tirana, 2008, page 199-200.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Photo<\/span>: <\/span><\/span>© <\/span><\/span>https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/<\/span>Marin<\/span>_Be%C3%<\/span>A<\/span>7ikemi<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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