TIRANA, June 7/ATA/ The Academy of Sciences organized a conference commemorating the 100th birth anniversary of the late great writer and researcher Jakov Xoxa, in the course of the decision of its Assembly, which singled out this figure of Albanian letters as the personality of the year.
“The work and activity of Jakov Xoxa are fundamental in the history of Albanian literature of the second half of the century. XX. His triptych, with the novels “The Dead River”, “The Southern Wind” and “The Salt Flower”, has become part of the spiritual constitution of dozens of generations in Albania and Kosovo, even for readers in foreign languages”, said the Chairman of the Academy of Sciences of Albania, acad. Skender Gjinushi.
While the albanologist Robert Elsie considered Jakov Xoxa’s novels rare works of the time, with artistic merit.
Jakov Xoxa is also one of the co-founders of the University of Tirana and a university teacher for nearly two decades in its halls; the creator of two basic training courses for students of linguistics and literature: “Introduction to the science of literature” and “Essentials of the theory of literature”, which were published and reprinted in thousands of copies for university needs in Tirana, Pristina and Tetovo, in addition to some other works on metric, stylistics and literary terminology.
Evaluating these original and specific contributions, the special jury operating at the Academy of Sciences, after receiving the opinion of the relevant permanent commissions and other structures, decided to award Jakov Xoxa the highest recognition award, the “Honor of Academy”./p.s./
