Albanian books in Romania

TIRANA, Dec. 11 – The 100 anniversary of the Albanian-Romanian relations has been commemorated with an exhibition on Albanian books published in Romania where some of the greatest Albanian renaissance writers lived and worked. The exhibition at the National Library in Tirana brought the history of Albanian books published in Romania from 1844 to 1993, just after Albania had declared its independence.
“Few people know that Romania was historically the first country to diplomatically recognize the new Albanian state of 1913 for already known political, historical and cultural reasons,” says Aurel Plasari, the director of the National Library.
The exhibition, which opened on December 9 at the National Library, featured, rare collections, and original publications during the Albanian Renaissance period. The collection includes the first Albanian ABC book by Naum Veqilharxhi in 1844 to continue with dozens of publications by national poet Naim Frash쳩, writers Jani Vreto, Mihal Grameno, Luigj Gurakuqi etc. A similar exhibition is also scheduled to open in Bucharest in the next few days.