Zef Jubani | |
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![]() Jubani on a 1968 stamp of Albania | |
Born | Zef Ndokillia 1818[1] Shkodër, Ottoman Empire, modern Albania[1] |
Died | February 1, 1880[1] | (aged 61–62)
Occupation | folklorist, writer |
Language | Albanian French Italian |
Literary movement | Albanian National Awakening |
Notable works | Collection of Albanian Folk Songs and Rhapsodies |
Zef Jubani or Giuseppe Jubany in Italian (born Zef Ndokillia; 1818 – February 1, 1880) was an Albanian folklorist and activist of the Albanian National Awakening. He is known for the publication of a Collection of Albanian Folk Songs and Rhapsodies in the Gheg Albanian dialect. Jubani advocated the creation of a unique alphabet of the Albanian language. For his political activities, which often were anti-clericalist, Jubani was denounced to the Holy See by the Jesuit missionaries of Shkodër.