''Përpjekja shqiptare'' ( en, The Albanian Endeavour), published by Branko Merxhani, and administered by

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was a literary magazine, published in

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from 1936 to 1939. The magazine was published monthly is said to have had a great influence on the modernization of the cultural life of Albania at that time. The magazine offered to the contemporary readers modern Albanian literature in prose and poetry, as well as translations from modern foreign authors. In addition it included essays on philosophy, psychoanalysis, sociology, linguistics, archeology, and history. It propagated a spiritual and cultural rebirth, called ''Neo-Albanianism'' ( sq, Neo-shqiptarisma), with a view on Western Europe. Although it published only 27 times, the magazine had a notable influence on the Albanian culture. 1 issue was translated into French language.

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