The National History Museum commemorates the distinguished patriot Mihal Grameno on the 93rd anniversary of his passing away.

Mihal Grameno is one of the personalities of Albanian patriotism, publicist, writing and activism of the patriotic and democratic movement for independence. Mihal Grameno was born in January 1871, in Korça. He received his first lessons in his hometown. At a young age, he immigrated to Bucharest, Romania, where he joined the Albanian patriotic society “Drita”.

In the years 1907-1908 he joined the Çerçiz Topulli detachment and together with the fighters of the national detachment fought for national liberation in South of Albania. In 1909 he participated in the Congress of Alphabet in Manastir/Bitola. During the years 1915-1919 he lived in the US, and worked for the movement of Albanian patriots there. He then continued his activity as a publicist defending democratic ideals.

Mihal Grameno is also one of the first novelette writers of Albanian literature. We can mention his novels “The Fireplace” (1909), “The Kiss” and “Baptismal Grave”. He also wrote two works, the comedy “The Curse of the Albanian Language” (1905) and the historical drama “The Death of Pyrrhus” (1906), which deal with patriotic themes.

The first literary and journalistic creations of Mihal Gramenos saw the light of publication at the beginning of the 20th century. He composed patriotic songs too, some of which, such as “For the Motherland”, “Farewell”, “Blessing for Freedom” were widely spread among the people. Mihal Grameno directed also the newspapers “Lidhja orthodoxe” /The Orthodox League/ (1909-1910) and “Koha” /The Time/ (1911-1926).

He passed away in Korça in 1931.

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