Spiro Risto Dine was an Albanian

Albanians

Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

 rilindas, writer and playwright. His most known work "Waves of the Sea" was at the time of its publication the longest book printed in Albanian

Albanian language

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Life

Spiro Dine was born in 1846 in Vithkuq

Vithkuq

Vithkuq is a municipality in the Korçë District, Korçë County, southeastern Albania. The municipality consists of the villages Vithkuq, Leshnje, Gjanc, Lubonjë, Rehovë, Roshanj, Trebickë, Grabockë, Treskë, Stratobërdh, Panarit, Shtyllë and Cemericë....

, in the region of Korçë

Korçë

Korçë is a city in southeastern Albania and the capital of the Korçë District. It has a population of around 105,000 people , making it the sixth largest city in Albania...

, southeastern Albania

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. In 1866 he migrated to Egypt

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 at an Albanian colony, where he met Thimi Mitko

Thimi Mitko

Thimi Mitko was an Albanian rilindas and folklorist.Mitko was born in Korçë, Albania , where he attended the local Greek school. His uncle, Peti Mitko, had been one of the leaders of the Albanian Revolt of 1847 in Korçë and Tepelenë against the Turkish Tanzimat legislation...

, an Albanian folklorist from Korçë and helped him complete his work on Albanian folklore titled "The Albanian Bee" .

His work Waves of the Sea , a collection of Albanian history and literature was published at Sofia

Sofia

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 and at the time of its publication in 1908 it was the longest book printed in the Albanian language. Spiro Dine also wrote poems and satires.

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