Ismet Toto
Ismet Toto | |
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Born | 1908 Progonat, Tepelenë, Albania |
Died | July 12, 1937 Gjirokastër, Albania | (aged 28–29)
Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome |
Occupation | Writer, revolutionary, bureaucrat |
Ismet Toto (Progonat, 1908 – Gjirokastër, 1937) was an Albanian bureaucrat, publicist, writer and political activist. Along with Vangjel Koça, Branko Merxhani and , he was one of the main representatives of the (neo-shqiptarizma) school of thought in the '30s.[1]
Biography[]
Toto was born on 1908 in Progonat, Kurvelesh, Labëria into an Albanian nationalist family. He graduated in the American Technical School in Tirana and went on to study in economics in the Sapienza University of Rome. During the early 1930s he became known for his writings on the topics of religion, philosophy and ethics. His tract "Grindje me klerin" was amongst the first and one of the most known anti-religious works in Albania.[2]
Political activities and death[]
He joined the failed of 1937 was captured by government forces. In 12 July 1937 he was executed by hanging in the prison of Gjirokastër.[3]
Published works[]
- "Grindje me Klerin" – polemic (1934)[4]
- "Gazi-Kemal Ataturk" – biography (1935)
- "Plato" – translation (1936)
- "Bota e një djali kryengritës" – sent to the press in 1944
References[]
- ^ "Shqiptarja.com – Ismet Toto, intelektuali kryengritës". Shqiptarja.com. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "Diktatura dhe besimet fetare". Drita Islame. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "Neoshqiptarizma e Ismet Totos | ABC News". www.abcnews.al. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ Ismet Toto (1934). "Shkenca do të zëvendësojë të mbinatyrshmin". Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- 1908 births
- 20th-century Albanian writers
- Albanian former Muslims
- Albanian atheist writers
- 1937 deaths
- Critics of religions
- People executed by Albania by hanging
- Executed Albanian people
- People from Tepelenë
- Sapienza University of Rome alumni