Albania – Persons of Indian Studies by Prof. Dr. Klaus Karttunen

LUARASI, Skënder

LUARASI, Skënder Petro. Luaras, Kolonjë 19.1.1900 — Tirana 27.1.1982. Albanian Historian, Author and Translator. Son of Petro Nini L. (1865–1911), a priest, teacher and national activist, and Lino Sevo, a Protestant Christian family. Educated at Negovan and Korçë, then at Robert College in Istanbul and in 1914-18 in the U.S.A. (Easton Academy…

ZAKO, Anton (Zako-Çajupi)

ZAKO, Anton (Zako-Çajupi). Sheper in South Albania 27.3.1866 — Cairo 11.6.1930. Albanian Poet and Translator of Indian Literature. Zako was his real name, Çajupi a nom-de-plume. He was Orthodox Christian and spent most of his life in Egypt. Son of Harito Zako, the owner of a succesful tobacco business. After local…