The folklorist, professor, writer, one of the founders of children’s literature, Zihni Sako was born in Gjirokastra, on February 16th, 1912. He has worked as a teacher in Korca and in some villages of Gjirokastra. He was the president of the Committee of Culture, chief editor of the magazine “Our literature,” director of the sector in the Institute of Science and Pedagogical Institute, has established the Institute of Folklore and the Archive of Folk Culture, was elected leader of the Committee of Folkloric Studies for the Southeast Europe at UNESCO. For merits in the field of folklore studies he has received twice the price of the Republic and the high title of “Nation Teacher”.
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12 June 1920, protest of Italian soldiers to end the War of Vlora
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12 June 1924, was established the sports society “Ylli i Shpresës Shqiptare”
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12 June 1960, premiere of opera “Spring”
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12 June 1987, are established the diplomatic relations between the Republic of Albania and the Republic of the Philippines