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Albánsky psaná autobiografie Jana Urbana Jarníka
Jan Urban Jarník’s Albanian-written Autobiography

Author(s): Martin Surovčák
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, History of ideas, Other Language Literature, Philology, History of Sciences
Published by: Porta Balkanica, z. s.
Keywords: Albanian; Ghegh Dialect; Memoirs; Autobiography;

Summary/Abstract: Jan Urban Jarník (1848–1923) was the founder of Romanian and Albanian studies in what is today the Czech Republic. He loved recording the events of his life and published many memoirs in the Czech and Romanian press. After meeting with members of the Albanian diaspora in Bucharest, he decided to write an autobiography in Ghegh Albanian (a northwestern dialect). This article subjects the whole text to a linguistic analysis and provides a Czech translation.

  • Issue Year: 6/2014
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 44-54
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Albanian, Czech
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