Maria Antonia Braile

Maria Antonia Braile was an Italian-arbëreshë writer and the first Albanian woman writer to ever publish literature in Albanian language. She was born in San Demetrio Corone in Calabria.[1] Braile published in 1917 in Calabria, Italy, a collection of poems in Arbëresh language, entitled Canti.[2]

Braile is part of the Albanian world of poetry. Her poetry is simple and melancholic.[3] She will be remembered as the first Albanian poetess.[4]

References
  1. Maximilian Lambertz (1959), Lehrgang des Albanischen: Grammatik der albanischen Sprache, Berlin: Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, p. 17, OCLC 310695315, Maria Antonia Braile aus S. Demetrio Corone (Cosenza)
  2. Jorgaqi, Nasho (8 March 2015). "Nasho Jorgaqi: Zërat e parë femërorë të letërsisë shqipe". Shqiptarja. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  3. Giuseppe Gradilone (1983). La letteratura albanese e il mondo classico: 4 studi. Bulzoni. p. 215.
  4. Kodra, Klara (March 2003). "Poetesha e parë arbëreshe dhe shqiptare : Maria Antonia Braile". Diana. p. 4. Retrieved 14 November 2015.


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