Anastas Kullurioti or Anastasios Koulouriotis (
Greek: Αναστάσιος Κουλουριώτης; 1822–1887[1]) was an
ArvaniteAlbanian writer and nationalist figure in
Greece.[2]
Biography
Born in
Salamis[a],
Ottoman Greece of
Arvanite descent, he spent some of his early years there and later moved to
Athens, where he settled in the
Plaka district, being noted at the time as the "Albanian quarter" of the city.[3][4][5][6][7] Still a young man, he emigrated to
America and made his fortune, although little is known about that period of his life.
Upon his return to
Greece, along with
Panayotis Koupitoris, he founded the weekly Η φωνή της Αλβανίας (English: The Voice of Albania), which lasted from September 1879 to mid-1880.[8][9] Among the goals of his nationalist activities were the founding of an
Albanian political party in
Greece, the opening of Albanian-language schools and the liberation of
Albania from the Ottoman rule.[10] In early 1880s, he traveled south Albania to win support for the nationalist cause, which inevitably brought him into conflict with both Turkish and Greek authorities.[10][11] He got arrested in
Gjirokastër with the request of the Greek consul and extradited to
Corfu. He was imprisoned in
Greece for some time, and he is said to have died poisoned in prison in Athens at the beginning of 1887.[10][12][13]
Works
Αλβανικόν Αλφαβητάριον, (English: Albanian Primer Athens, 1882);
Reader Klumësht për foshnja (English: Milk for Babies Athens, 1882).
Notes and references
Notes
a.
^ According to Elsie and Faensen he was born in Plaka district[1][10]