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Vincenzo Dorsa (26 February 1823 – 4 December 1855) was an Arbëresh scholar, writer and translator.


Life

Vincenzo Dorsa was born in 1823 to a prominent Arbëresh family. His father, Francesco, was a lawyer, and his mother was the granddaughter of Domenico Bellusci. His village,
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, was settled by
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after the death of
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. Influenced by the growth of interest in the Albanian people and
language Language is a structured system of communication. The structure of a language is its grammar and the free components are its vocabulary. Languages are the primary means by which humans communicate, and may be conveyed through a variety of met ...
, and 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 ...
movement of the first half of the 19th century, in 1848 Dorsa published ''Dagli Albanesi, richerchie e pensieri''. A summary of the history of the Albanian people, he dedicated it to "my nation divided and dispersed but one".


See also

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Albanian literature Albanian literature stretches back to the Middle Ages and comprises those literary texts and works written in Albanian. It may also refer to literature written by Albanians in Albania, Kosovo and the Albanian diaspora particularly in Italy. Alba ...


References

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