Leonidha Naçi

Leonidha Naçi (1875-1940) was an Albanian teacher and patriot. He served at the first Albanian school in Vlorë and was a delegate to the Congress of Manastir that standardized the Albanian alphabet.

Life

Naçi was born to an Eastern Orthodox family in Korçë, then part of the Ottoman Empire, in 1875.[1] He was the brother of Nuçi Naçi, director of the Mësonjëtorja school in his hometown. Naçi studied in Bucharest and later in Athens.[1] He lived in Corfu for some time, before returning to Albania.[2] In 1908, Naçi was sent as a delegate of Vlorë to the Congress of Manastir, where issues concerning the Albanian language were discussed and the Albanian alphabet was standardized.[3] He was an important member of the patriotic club Labëria, and served at the first Albanian school in Vlorë.[1] He represented Albania in the three Balkan Conferences (1930-1934).[4] A street in Vlore was named in his honor after his death.

See also

• Education in Albania

References

1. Bardhosh Gaçe (1999). Lëvizja kombëtare në Vlorë, 1878-1912. Botimet Toena. p. 83.
2. Edwin E. Jacques, The Albanians: an ethnic history from prehistoric times to the present, McFarland, 1995, p. 267.
3. Shaban Demiraj (2004). Kongresi i Manastirit. Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë, Instituti Historisë. p. 164.
4. Anduana Shahini - SHQIPËRIA DHE KONFERENCAT BALLKANIKE NË VITET '30