On March 27, 1866, playwright and poet Andon Zako Çajupi was born.

After the basic education, he would leave Zagoria, Gjirokastër to join his father, Harito Çako, an activist of the patriotic movement of the time. He would attend a French college, from which he attained diverse knowledge. Equipped with a European outlook, he would go to Geneva, where he studied law during the years 1887-1893.

Later, he settled in Cairo and began to practice the profession of lawyer. He would give up this job to devote himself to the patriotic movement of Albanians living in Egypt. He became a protagonist of the patriotic and cultural society there, through efforts to ensure the protection of the interests of Albania and the Albanian people.

The poetic collection “Baba Tomorri” /Father Tomorr/ (1902), which also includes the comedy “Fourteen-year-old groom”, is singled out as his main work.

He published “Fables of La Fontaine” (1921) adapted by him in Albanian, “Lulet e Hindit” /Flowers of India/ (1922), a series of poems from Sanskrit literature. His pen was also appreciated in the field of journalism of the time, especially with the pamphlet “The Club of Selanik” (1909).

Meanwhile, he left most of his works in manuscript, such as the poem “Father Musa”, the tragedy “Burri i dheut” /The Man of Earth/ and the comedy “After Death”.

Çajupi passed away in Cairo on July 11, 1930.

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