Spiro Risto Dine (1846–1922) was an

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rilindas, writer and playwright. His most known work "Waves of the Sea" was at the time of its publication the longest book printed in

Life

Spiro Dine was born in 1846 in

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, in the region of

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, southeastern

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. In 1866 he migrated to

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at an Albanian colony, where he met Thimi Mitko, an Albanian folklorist from Korçë and helped him complete his work on Albanian folklore titled "The Albanian Bee" (). His work Waves of the Sea (), a collection of Albanian history and literature was published at

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and at the time of its publication in 1908 it was the longest book printed in the Albanian language. Spiro Dine also wrote poems and satires. Dine was member of the

Society for the Publication of Albanian Writings Society for the Publication of Albanian Letters () (Arvanitika: Σ̈oκ̇ε̰ρι ε τε̰ Σ̈τυπȣρι Σ̈κρoν̇α Σ̈κ̇ιπ) was a patriotic organization of Albanians, Albanian intellectuals, promoting publications in Albanian langu ...

(), and responsible for establishing the

ian branch in Shibin Al Kawm, during 1881. Toward the end of the 19th century Dine supported the view of Albanian armed insurrection and detachment from the Ottoman Empire.

Sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dine, Spiro 1846 births 1922 deaths Albanian dramatists and playwrights Activists of the Albanian National Awakening Activists from the Ottoman Empire Albanian people from the Ottoman Empire Poets from the Ottoman Empire Dramatists and playwrights from the Ottoman Empire Expatriates in Egypt 19th-century Albanian poets 20th-century Albanian poets Albanian philologists Albanian satirists People from Korçë People from Manastir vilayet