Maria Antonia Braile (born

San Demetrio Corone San Demetrio Corone (Arbëreshë: ''Shën Mitri'') is a town and municipality in the Calabria region of Italy, at an altitude of 521 meters and with 3,387 inhabitants. The town is among the most important cultural centers of the Albanian communit ...

, Calabria) was an Italian-

arbëreshë Arbën/Arbër, from which derived Arbënesh/Arbëresh originally meant all Albanians, until the 18th century. Today it is used for different groups of Albanian origin, including: * Arbër (given name), an Albanian masculine given name * Arbëresh ...

writer and the first Albanian woman writer to ever publish literature in Albanian. She was born in

in Calabria. Braile published in 1917 in Calabria, Italy, a collection of poems in Arbëresh language, entitled ''Canti''. Braile is part of the Albanian world of poetry. Her poetry is simple and melancholic. She will be remembered as the first Albanian woman poet.

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