Risto Siliqi

Risto Siliqi
Born(1882-08-16)16 August 1882
Died1 May 1936(1936-05-01) (aged 53)
NationalityAlbanian
OccupationLawyer
Known forActivity during the Albanian National Awakening
Notable workPasqyra e ditëve të përgjakshme
ChildrenLlazar Siliqi (son)
RelativesDrago Siliqi (nephew)
FamilySiliqi

Risto Siliqi (16 August 1882 – 1 May 1936) was an Albanian poet, publicist, lawyer, and militant of the Albanian national cause.[1] His work was influenced by ideas and sentiments of the Romantic-Nationalism like other poets of the national Awakening before him.[2]

  1. ^ Franz-Lothar Altmann, Robert Elsie (1990), "Albanien im Umbruch", Untersuchungen zur Gegenwartskunde Südosteuropas (28–29), Munich: Oldenburg: 251, ISBN 9783486558487, ISSN 0566-2761, OCLC 1607360, ...writer and nationalist figure Risto Siliqi (1882-1936)...
  2. ^ Koço Bihiku (1964), An Outline of Albanian Literature, Naim Frashëri State Publishing House, pp. 50–51, OCLC 701994, The ideas and sentiments which Asdreni gave tongue, characterized the productions of another poet of this period, of Risto Siliqi.