Naum Dhimitër Naçi (1871–1927), also known as Nuçi Naçi, was an Albanian teacher and patriot. He was the brother of Leonidha Naçi. With his intellectual and political activities, he played an important role during the late period of the

Albanian National Awakening The Albanian National Awakening ( sq, Rilindja or ), commonly known as the Albanian Renaissance or Albanian Revival, is a period throughout the 19th and 20th century of a cultural, political and social movement in the Albanian history where the ...

that sought independence from the

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and the creation of an Albanian national state. He wrote some books that discussed contemporary issues of education among Albanian communities in the Ottoman Empire, headed a Yanina-based patriotic newspaper named ''Zgjimi i Shqiperise'', and participated in several nationalist groups. His 1901 '' Korça dhe fshatrat perreth saje'' was published in Sofia, where other major works in the development of

Albanian nationalism Albanian nationalism is a general grouping of nationalist ideas and concepts generated by ethnic Albanians that were first formed in the 19th century during the Albanian National Awakening ( sq, Rilindja). Albanian nationalism is also associated w ...

and Albanian literature were concurrently published, including Naim Frasheri's ''Historia e Shqiperise'' and ''Deshira e vertete e Shqiptareve'', Gjerasim Qiriazi's ''Hristomathi'', and Sami Frasheri's ''Besa'' and ''Tosk primer''. Naçi served for some time as the director and teacher of

Mësonjëtorja Mësonjëtorja or The Albanian School was the first secular school in the Albanian language within Ottoman Albania. It was opened in Korçë during the late Ottoman period. The school building serves as a museum and is located on the north side of ...

, the first secular school in the

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within

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that was opened in

Korçë Korçë (; sq-definite, Korça) is the eighth most populous city of the Republic of Albania and the seat of Korçë County and Korçë Municipality. The total population is 75,994 (2011 census), in a total area of . It stands on a plateau som ...

. At first he managed to get support from the local Ottoman governor general based in Monastir (modern Bitola). However, in 1902 Naçi was arrested and incarcerated in

Salonica Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...

by Mehmed Ali Pasha Delvina, the new Ottoman governor of Korçë.

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{{Reflist Activists of the Albanian National Awakening 1871 births 1927 deaths 19th-century Albanian people 20th-century Albanian people Albanian schoolteachers People from Korçë People from Manastir vilayet

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