On February 28, 1903, the poet, linguist, esthete, essayist, folklorist and publicist Jeronim De Rada passed away. The most well-known writer of Albanian literature, once the most prominent figure of the Albanian national movement. He was born on November 29, 1814. He attended the College of Saint Adrian in Saint Miter. He graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Naples, but his main interest remained folklore and literature. In Naples, in 1836, he published the first edition of his best-known Albanian poem, Songs of Milosao. In 1848 he published the first Albanian newspaper “L’Albanese d’Italia”. This bilingual, political, literary newspaper, with a circulation of 3,200 copies, was the first periodical in the Albanian language that was published anywhere. De Rada played a major role in the history of Albanian literature; he is the first to write works with a national spirit. In 1883, De Rada founded the bilingual monthly magazine Fiamuri Arbërit – periodical, which, despite Turkish and Greek censorship, was widely read by Albanians in the Balkans. De Rada was the first genius of the Albanian National Renaissance. De Rada, the great poet and “prophet of the future”, returned Albanian literature to the European orientation…

On February 28, 1954, the Albanian actor and director Enver Petrovci was born in Prishtina. He studied acting at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. With a very successful career in the theater, the roles played on the stage, Hamlet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar and other famous Shakespearean characters, as well as outstanding cinematographic interpretations, he has become known and appreciated as one of the celebrities of the time. Enver Petrovci is one of the founders of the Dodona Theater and the Academy of Arts in Prishtina.

Mojsi Zaloshnja, Albanian writer, was born on February 28, 1919. His literary activity is extensive and early. It starts at the age of 16, when he was a school student. After liberation in 1944, he wrote more than 30 books for children and adults, as well as many others that have remained as manuscripts. Literary works: “Times have changed”, “Under the shadow of Tomor”, “Selected stories”, “When the mountains were looking for the sun”, “Flints” and others.

On February 28, 1998, after fighting with the Serbian police, in Qirez and Likoshan of Drenica, 4 KLA martyrs, Rexhep Rexhepi, Beqir Rexhepi, Muhamet Gjeli and Naser Gjeli, were killed. On that day, the Serbs massacred 20 members of the civilian population.

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