Idriz Ajeti

Idriz Ajeti (born 1917) is an Albanologist from Kosovo and one of the main researchers and authorities on the Albanian language studies of post WWII. He was involved for a long period in the academic life of the University of Pristina, and is a member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo, being its chairman for seven years.[1][2][3]

Life

Ajeti was born on 26 June 1917 in the Tupale (Alb:Tupallë) village of the Upper Jablanica region in Serbia (today's Medvegja municipality). He finished the Serbian language elementary school in the nearby Sijarinska Banja village which he finished by 1930, and high school studies in the Royal Madrasa in Skopje in 1938.[3] Ajeti registered in the Romanistics branch of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zagreb, but finished his studies after the end of WWII, precisely in 1949, graduating from the Faculty of Philosophy in the University of Belgrade.[1][2]
From 1949 to 1953 he taught Albanian language at a high school in Pristina; from 1953 to 1960 he worked as pedagogue in the Albanology branch of the University of Belgrade. In 1958 he gave his dissertation thesis "Zhvillimi historik i së folmes gege të shqiptarëve të Zarës së Dalmacisë" ("Historical development of the Gheg dialect of the Albanians of Zara in Dalmatia"). In 1960 he received the academic title of Docent, and in 1968 the Professor one, at the same time lecturing at the Albanian language and literature in the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Pristina. He was one of the initiators of the Gjurmime Albanologjike (Albanological Reconnaissance) scientific magazine. Another achievement was the establishment of the Albanian culture seminary for the foreign albanologists.
During 1969-1971, Ajeti served as Director of the Albanological Institute, during 1971-73 as dean of Faculty of Philosophy in Pristina, and during 1973-75 as rector of the University of Pristina. He was also Chairman of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo during 1979-1981 and 1996-1999.[1][2][3]
As a noted linguistic authority from the Albanians of Yugoslavia, he participated in the Orthography Congress of 1972 in Tirana, where the standard orthographic rules of the Albanian language were defined, and was a signatory.[4]
Ajeti has received several acknowledgments and honors, between others "7 July" award of the SR Serbia and the AVNOJ one.[2]

Work

Ajeti's work concentrated on the research on the Albanian language dialects from the diachronic point of view, old linguistic documents written in Ottoman Alphabet, and reciprocal Albania-Serbian relations. He also touched topics on nowadays Albanian language, being an initiator and contributor to many linguistic consults and symposiums. He also co-authored Albanian language and literature textbooks for high school and college students.[2][3]

Main publications

Books

His work was recently collected in 5 volumes and published by the Academy of Sciences of Kosovo (ASHAK) in Pristina:

Textbooks and translations

Ajeti has also written a vast number of scientific articles and monographs.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Akademik Idriz Ajeti – Rilindasi i fundit [Academic Idriz Ajeti – the last Rilindas] (in Albanian), Gazeta Telegrafi, 2013-02-05
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Biography of Idriz Ajeti - Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo
  3. 1 2 3 4 Robert Elsie (2011), Historical Dictionary of Kosovo, Historical Dictionaries of Europe (79) (II ed.), Scarecrow Press, pp. 21–22
  4. ↑ Kastriot Myftaraj (30 July 2012), Biografia e fshehur e delegatëve të Kongresit të Drejtshkrimit të vitit 1972 [The hidden biography of the delegates of the Congress of Orthography of 1972] (in Albanian), Telegraf, pp. 10–11
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