Nicola Chetta, (
Arbërisht: Nikollë Keta; 12 July 1741 – 15 December 1803) was an
Arbëresh writer and priest. He was born in
Contessa Entellina
Contessa Entellina ( sq, Kuntisa) is a small ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, in Sicily, southern Italy.
Is located in the "Valle del Belìce" at above sea level in the mountains called ''Brinjat'', is situated 80 km from ...
, Sicily. He was educated at the Greek Orthodox seminary in Palermo. In 1777, Keta himself became rector of the seminary. As a poet, he wrote both religious and secular verse in Albanian and Greek, and has the honour of having composed the first Albanian
sonnet (1777).
[Albanian literature: a short history Authors Robert Elsie, Centre for Albanian Studies (London, England) Publisher I.B.Tauris, 2005 , p. 46-4]
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1740 births
1803 deaths
People from Contessa Entellina
Italian poets
Italian male poets
18th-century Albanian people
Albanian-language poets
Greek-language poets
Poets from Sicily
Writers from the Province of Palermo
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