On September 29, 1903, Loro Kovaçi, Albanian theater and movie actor, People’s Artist, was born in Shkodër. He started his first steps in the amateur theater when he was 16 years old. In 1947, he began his career as a professional actor at the People’s Theater in Tirana. He created a whole gallery of roles with national and foreign directors. He passed away in Tirana on July 16, 1966.

On September 29, 1886, the poet from Arbëresh community in Italy, Vincens Stratigo passed away. He was born in Cozenca, Calabry, in 1822 and was educated at the College of Saint Miter Korona, a student of Jeronim De Rada. He wrote in the Albanian language “Metori”, “Bersalieri” and “Lament over the death of the one who does not have”. The poem in Italian “L’albanese” /The Albanian/ is dedicated to the history of Albania and the virtues of the Albanian.

On September 29, 1902, Mikel Koliqi, the first Albanian cardinal, was born in Shkodër. Koliqi has made a great contribution not only to Christianity, but also to art, in the field of music and Albanian culture. The communist regime arrested Dom Mikel Koliqi and sentenced him to 4 years in prison. In 1953 he was exiled and then sentenced again to 15 years in prison. Cardinal Mikel Koliqi, Honor of the Nation, passed away, on January 28, 1997, in Shkodër at the age of 94.

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