Parashqevi Qiriazi

Parashqevi Qiriazi
Parashqevi Qiriazi
Born(1880-06-02)June 2, 1880[1]
Manastir, Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
(present-day Bitola, North Macedonia)
DiedDecember 17, 1970(1970-12-17) (aged 90)
Tirana, Albania
Resting placeTirana, Varrezat e Sharrës
NationalityAlbanian
Other namesParaskevi D. Kyrias, Parashqevi Qirias
CitizenshipOttoman, Albanian
EducationMasters
Alma materAmerican College for Girls at Constantinople (B.A.), Oberlin College (Masters)
Occupation(s)educator, publisher
Notable workYll'i Mëngjezit (The Morning Star), Boston, 1917–1920
Parent(s)Dhimitër Qiriazi, Maria Qiriazi (Vodica)
Relativessister of Tashko Qiriazi, Kostandin Qiriazi, Theofania "Fanka" Qiriazi (Trajan), Gjerasim Qiriazi, Gjergj Qiriazi, Sevasti Qiriazi, Kristo Qiriazi, Naum Qiriazi, and Perikli "Pandi" Qiriazi[2][3]
Awards People's Teacher
Honor of the Nation
Order for Patriotic Activity

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Parashqevi Qiriazi (Greek: Παρασκευή Κυριαζή, 2 June 1880 – 17 December 1970)[1] was an Albanian teacher of the Qiriazi family who dedicated her life to the Albanian alphabet and to the instruction of written Albanian language. She was a woman participant at the Congress of Manastir, which decided the form of the Albanian alphabet,[4] and the founder of the Yll' i Mengjesit, a women's association.[5] Parashqevi was also a participant in the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 as a member of the Albanian-American community.[6] She was the sister of Sevasti Qiriazi, who was the director of the first Albanian School for girls in Korça, opened in 1891.[7]

  1. ^ a b Koliqi, Hajrullah (2009). Gruaja ndër shekuj : arsimimi dhe emancipimi i saj. Prishtinë: Universiteti i Prishtinёs & Libri shkollor. p. 373. ISBN 9789951077163.(in Albanian)
  2. ^ Elsie, Robert (2001). A Dictionary of Albanian Religion, Mythology, and Folk Culture. Library of Congress: New York University Press. pp. 97–212. ISBN 0-8147-2214-8. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  3. ^ Sevasti Qiriazi-Dako. Jeta ime (Shkup: ITSHKSH, 2016), p. 327–330
  4. ^ "Parashqevi Qiriazi". www.kolonja.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2011.
  5. ^ Prifti, Peter (1978). Socialist Albania since 1944: domestic and foreign developments, Volume 23. The MIT Press. p. 90. ISBN 0-262-16070-6. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  6. ^ Toska, Teuta. Parashqevi Qiriazi dhe viti i saj 1919. Tirana: ISSHP, 2020, ISBN 978-9928-4519-7-2
  7. ^ Young, Antonia; Hodgson, John; Bland William B.; Young Nigel (1997). Albania. National Library of Australia: Clio Press. p. 48. ISBN 1-85109-260-9. Retrieved 22 October 2014.