| Naim was able to travel a lot. His brothers were high-ranking politicians in Ottoman Turkey. Sami Frash�ri was a member of Turkish assembly. The influence of Frash�ri family with the Turkish administration gave Naim an opportunity to publish the Albanian periodical "Drita " �Light� in 1864, and the opening of the first Albanian school in Kor�� in 1866. While living in Istanbul, the brothers� Frash�ri were able to open the publishing house �Dituria� or �Knowledge� which made possible to Naim and other Albanian writers to publish many Albanian works in Albanian language. Because the Ottoman Turkey banned the use of Albanian language in schools and administration, Naim published many literature works under the initials� N.H., N.H.F., and N.F. Naim Frash�ri is a distinct poet, he composed poms in Persian and published first in Persian then switched to Albanian. For the poet of classical Persia and for the age of enlightenment, Naim Frash�ri is the author of some twenty-two-literature works: four in Turkish, one in Persian, two in Greek, and fifteen in Albanian. Naim�s literature subjects range wide from patriotic themes including his epic "Historia e Sk�nderbeut" or �The History of Scanderbeu,� all the way to poms for children. His first poem "Albania" was published in 1897 which enthusiasted many Albanian patriots. The literature works of Naim Frash�ri were published in Bucharest too. The collections of poems �Bag�ti e bujq�sija,� or �Bucolic and Georgic,� or �Herds and Pastures� was published in 1886 in Bucharest. The collection contains a 450-line pastoral poem, reminiscent of Virgil who lived in 70-19 B.C. Naim Frash�ri sings of the herds and flocks, the joys, and the toil of agriculture and rural life. In the collection �Lulet e ver�s,� or �The flowers of spring,� published in 1890 in Bucharest. Naim paid tribute to the beauties of the Albanian countryside in twenty-three poems of rich sonority. The verse collection, � Parajsa dhe fjala fluturake,� or �Paradise and flying word,� also published in Bucharest in 1894 together with the spiritual essays �M�sime,� or � Teachings,� evinced his affinities for the heroes of the past and for the spiritual traditions of the Orient, in particular for the Persian mystics. The epic of 11 500 verses, �Historia e Sk�nderbeut" or �The History of Scanderbeu,� published in 1895 is considered as the masterpiece of this Albanian noble writer which constituted the poet�s political legacy. Three years later, in Bucharest the similar epic was published, �Qerbelaja� where Naim describes the battle of Kerbala in Iraq that took place in 680 AD . In this battle the grandson of prophet Mohammed was killed. The Frash�ri family was a follower of a Bektashi religious believe, that caused this writer to write �Fletore e Bektashinjet,� or �Bektashi Notebook� in 1896 in Bucharest. Naim Frash�ri hoped that liberal Bektashi beliefs to which he had been attached since his childhood in the village of Frash�ri, it would be one day take hold as the new religion of all Albania which it did not happen. The Notebook presents an introductory profession of Bektashi faith, and ten spiritual poems which provide a rare view into the beliefs of the sect. Naim Frash�ri�s literary work played a major role in transforming Albanian into a literary language of substantial refinement. Many of his poems were set to music during his lifetime and were sung as folk songs. |
