Fadil Sulejmani (; 5 December 1940 – 11 February 2013) was an Albanologist, university professor and the first rector of the

University of Tetova The State University of Tetova (; ) is a public university in North Macedonia. The university was established on 17 December 1994 as the first Albanian-language higher education institution in Macedonia, though not recognized as a state universit ...

Life

Fadil Sulejmani was born on 5 December 1940, in the village of

Bozovce Bozovce (, ) is a village in the municipality of Tetovo, North Macedonia. Demographics According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 174 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2021) ''Book 5 - Total populat ...

. He completed his primary and secondary education in

Tetovo Tetovo (, ; , sq-definite, Tetova) is a city in the northwestern part of North Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena (river), Pena River. The municipality of Tetovo covers an area of at above sea level, wit ...

and pursued higher education in Pristina and Belgrade. Upon returning from his studies, he worked as a teacher and later as a professor at various educational institutions in Pristina and Tetovo. In 1995, Sulejmani established the

along with other Albanian intellectuals, the first institution of higher education in the

Albanian language Albanian (Endonym and exonym, endonym: , , or ) is an Indo-European languages, Indo-European language and the only surviving representative of the Albanoid, Albanoid branch, which belongs to the Paleo-Balkan languages, Paleo-Balkan group. It ...

North Macedonia North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...

. He served as its rector. In 17 February, Sulejmani was arrested by the Macedonian police. He was sentenced to two years in prison but was later released. He died in 2013.

Publications

* ''"E mbsuame e krështerë e Lekë Matrëngës"'', 1979, * ''"Praktikumi i gjuhës së sotme shqipe"'', 1984, * ''"Lindja, martesa dhe vdekja në Malësitë e Tetovës"'', 1988, * ''"Veçoritë dialektore në të folmen e Sharrit të Tetovës"'', 1990, * ''"Njohuri për Gjermaninë dhe popullin e saj"'', 1995, * ''"Fonetika e gjuhës gjermane",'' 1995, * ''"Morfologjia e gjuhës gjermane",'' 1995, * ''"E folmja e Malësisë së Sharrit të Tetovës"'', 2006,

References

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