Giuseppe Schirò
Giuseppe Schirò | |
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| Native name | Zef Skiroi |
| Born | 10 August 1865 Piana degli Albanesi, Italy |
| Died | 17 February 1927 (aged 61) Naples, Italy |
| Occupation | Poet, linguist, publicist and folklorist |
| Nationality | Italian (Albanian Arbëresh ethnicity) |
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Giuseppe Schirò (Arbërisht: Zef Skiroi; 10 August 1865 – 17 February 1927) was an Arbëresh neo-classical poet, linguist, publicist and folklorist from Sicily. His literary work marked the transition from the Arbëresh language to modern Albanian literature in Italy. He was a major protagonist of the Rilindja, the Albanian cultural awakening or Albanian Renaissance, in Italy.