Fiamuri Arbërit or Flamuri i Arbërit (Flag of Albania) was an Albanian

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 magazine

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 published from 1883 to 1887 by Jeronim de Rada, one of the most prominent figures of Albanian culture of the 19th century.

History

Fiamuri Arbërits first issue was published on July 20, 1883 in Cosenza

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, Italy

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 by Jeronim de Rada, one of the leading figures of Albanian literature

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 of the 19th century. Initially it was published only in Albanian

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 in a Latin-based alphabet invented by de Rada, but later translations in Italian

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 were also distributed. The journal, which featured subjects regarding Albanian literature, politics , history and folklore quickly became popular among Albanians and was widely distributed. The magazine was censored in the Ottoman Empire

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 and the Kingdom of Greece

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.

In 1887 Anton Santori

Anton Santori

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 published for the first time parts of his best-known play Emira in Fiamuri Arbërit. Although the journal was officially disestablished in 1887, it was replaced by Arbri i Ri  published by Zef Skiroi

Zef Skiroi

Giuseppe Schirò was an Arbëreshë neo-classical poet, linguist, publicist and folklorist from Sicily. His literary work marked the transition to modern Albanian literature in Italy.After completing the Arbëreshë Seminar of Palermo, he studied law...

, who later also published Flamur i Shqipërisë.