Anastas Kullurioti or Anastasios Koulouriotis ( el, Αναστάσιος Κουλουριώτης; 1822–1887''Faensen''
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Albanian writer and nationalist figure in

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Biography

Born in Salamis,

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descent, he spent some of his early years there and later moved to

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, where he settled in the

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district, being noted at the time as the "Albanian quarter" of the city. Still a young man, he emigrated to America and made his fortune, although little is known about that period of his life. Upon his return to

, along with Panayotis Koupitoris, he founded the weekly '' Η φωνή της Αλβανίας'' ( en,

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), which lasted from September 1879 to mid-1880. Among the goals of his nationalist activities were the founding of an

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n political party in

, the opening of Albanian-language schools and the liberation of

from the Ottoman rule. In early 1880s, he traveled south Albania to win support for the nationalist cause, which inevitably brought him into conflict with both Turkish and Greek authorities. He got arrested in

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with the request of the Greek consul and extradited to Corfu. He was imprisoned in

for some time, and he is said to have died poisoned in prison in Athens at the beginning of 1887.Winnifrith, Tom: Badlands, borderlands: a history of Northern Epirus/Southern Albania. 2002; page 12

/ref> Η φωνή της Αλβανίας (Voice of Albania) newspaper front page

Η φωνή της Αλβανίας (Voice of Albania) newspaper front page

Works

*''Αλβανικόν Αλφαβητάριον'', ( en, Albanian Primer Athens, 1882); *Reader ''Klumësht për foshnja'' ( en, Milk for Babies Athens, 1882).

Notes and references

Notes

References

Bibliography

*''Faensen, Johannes: Die albanische Nationalbewegung. p.120.'' *''Reso, Zihni: Anastas Kullurioti dhe gazeta "Zëri i Shqipërisë," 1879-1880.'' *''Skëndi, Stavro: The Albanian national awakening, 1878-1912''. *''Elsie, Robert: Historical Dictionary of Albania. p. 252-253.'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kullurioti, Anastas Arvanites 1822 births 1887 deaths Greek writers Greek emigrants to the United States Albanian-language writers Activists of the Albanian National Awakening People from Salamis 19th-century Greek Americans People from Salamis Island