Today, the National History Museum commemorated the poet, writer, journalist, translator and patriot Hilë Mosi (1885-1933) on the 91st anniversary of his death.

Hilë Mosi was born in Shkodër, in 1885. He went to e pedagogical school in Klagenfurt (Austria) during 1904-1908. He was a participant of the Congress of Letters of Manastir (1908) and an active member of the Committee of the Northern Highlands Uprising (1909-1912). He fought arms in hand, founded patriotic societies and clubs, directed several organizations such as “The Albanian “, (Istanbul, 1909-1910) , “Shqypnija e re” /New Albania/, (Shkodër, 1913-1914), “Agimi” /The Dawn/, (Shkodër, 1919), etc., distinguishing himself through the propaganda activity in favor of the national issue and the progress of the country.

During the period he was leading the department of education in the late 1920s, Hilë Mosi struggled for the secularism of the schools, thus continuing his early struggle against schools opened by the clergy.

 His first writings and poems became popular in 1910 under the nickname Zog Sokoli, Liriasi, etc. He has published several collections of poems, including “Zani i atdheut” /Voice of Fatherland/ (1913), “Tears of love” (1915), etc. In terms of the general spirit, he resembles the other poet, Filip Shiroka, especially regarding the romantic-elegiac tones in his lyrics. He sang of longing for the homeland and encouraged the Albanians to join the war against the invaders (“Out!”, “Song of society”, “Brotherhood”, etc.), some of them were set to music and sung as hymns and battle marches. Hilë Mosi’s love lyrics consist of romantic songs and ballads, where along with joy, happiness and optimism, longing, pain and despair can also be observed. He passed away in Tirana in February 1933 and was buried in Shkodër.

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