Nicola Chetta
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Native name | Nikollë Keta |
Born | Contessa Entellina, Sicily | 12 July 1741
Died | 15 December 1803 Palermo, Sicily | (aged 62)
Nicola Chetta, (Arbërisht: Nikollë Keta; 12 July 1741 – 15 December 1803) was an Arbëresh writer and priest. He was born in Contessa Entellina, Sicily. He was educated at the Greek Orthodox seminary in Palermo. In 1777, Keta himself became rector of the seminary. As a poet, he wrote both religious and secular verse in Albanian and Greek, and has the honour of having composed the first Albanian sonnet (1777).[1]
References
- ^ Albanian literature: a short history Authors Robert Elsie, Centre for Albanian Studies (London, England) Publisher I.B.Tauris, 2005 ISBN 1-84511-031-5, ISBN 978-1-84511-031-4 p. 46-48 [1]
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