Maria Antonia Braile

Maria Antonia Braile (born San Demetrio Corone, Calabria) was an Italian-arbëreshë writer and the first Albanian woman writer to ever publish literature in Albanian.

She was born in San Demetrio Corone in Calabria.^[1] Braile published in 1917 in Calabria, Italy, a collection of poems in Arbëresh language, entitled Canti.^[2]

Braile is part of the Albanian world of poetry. Her poetry is simple and melancholic.^[3] She will be remembered as the first Albanian woman poet.^[4]

References

1. Maximilian Lambertz (1959), Lehrgang des Albanischen: Grammatik der albanischen Sprache, Berlin: Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, p. 17, OCLC 310695315, Maria Antonia Braile aus S. Demetrio Corone (Cosenza)
2. Jorgaqi, Nasho (8 March 2015). "Nasho Jorgaqi: Zërat e parë femërorë të letërsisë shqipe". Shqiptarja. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
3. Giuseppe Gradilone (1983). La letteratura albanese e il mondo classico: 4 studi. Bulzoni. p. 215.
4. Kodra, Klara (March 2003). "Poetesha e parë arbëreshe dhe shqiptare : Maria Antonia Braile". Diana. p. 4. Retrieved 14 November 2015.