Today is commemorated Zakaria Rexha, son of Gjakova who died in Tirana on February 26th, 1972. He finished the National Lyceum of Korca. He started the higher studies on Philosophy in France and ended up in Belgrade. As a partner of the Albanological Institute of Pristina, was taken with Albanological studies. From his pen came out a lot of articles that have been published in various organs, even some translations of works by foreign authors. The last years of his life he lived in Albania. After his death in Tirana was published a summary of short stories “Talush Efendi”.
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