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Petro Marko was born on 25 November, 1913 in Dhërmi, Albania, is an Albanian writer. Discover Petro Marko's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

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Occupation writer
Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 25 November, 1913
Birthday 25 November
Birthplace Dhërmi, Albania
Date of death 27 December, 1991
Died Place Tirana, Albania
Nationality Albania

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His wife is Safolina Marko

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Children 2 (Jamarbër, Arianita)

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1913

Petro Marko (November 25, 1913 – December 27, 1991) was an Albanian writer.

His best-known novel is titled Hasta La Vista and recounts his experiences as a volunteer of the Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War.

Petro Marko is widely regarded as one of the founding fathers of modern Albanian prose.

Petro Marko was born in Dhërmi, southern Albania in 1913.

He started writing at the age of twenty and his first works were published in journals of the time with support from Ernest Koliqi his mentor.

His articles would be published in periodicals as Lirija, Shqipëria e Re, Bota e Re, and Koha e Re magazine since he was 20.

1932

For me, this is the greatest injustice, it is a crime that takes place against me, because I am innocent and never ever, starting as early as 1932, did not bring any harm to the people...''.

Another of his letters sent to the Supreme Court, still while serving time in jail, he would mention that he had been tortured and forced to admit something, otherwise he would die.

His time in the communist prison would be described in his Interview with myself: Clouds and stones (Intervistë me vetveten: Retë dhe gurët).

The same book would express his feelings about his Albanian identity, considering his origins in the controversial Bregu Region, sometimes called shortly as Himara.

1936

From March 1, 1936 he became the editor of ABC, a literary review which was banned by the monarchist authorities soon after, following with Marko being arrested and sent to internment.

In August 1936 he joined the Garibaldi Battalion of the Republican forces of the Spanish Civil War along with other notable Albanians like Mehmet Shehu, Asim Vokshi, Emrush Myftari and Thimi Gogozoto.

During the Spanish Civil War along with Skënder Luarasi, son of Petro Nini Luarasi he published in Madrid the Albanian newspaper Vullnëtari i Lirisë (Volunteer of Freedom), which was discontinued after two issues because of the military status of Madrid.

1940

In 1940 after being repatriated from France to Albania he was arrested by the Italian army, imprisoned in Bari, then and sent along with 600 other prisoners to Ustica, an island of the Tyrrhenian Sea from 1941 to 1943, finishing with Regina Coeli prison near Rome in 1944.

1944

In October 1944 he joined the forces of the Albanian National Liberation Front as a partisan.

1947

After the war he became editor-in-chief of the periodical Bashkimi (Unity), but was arrested again in 1947 by Koçi Xoxe, Minister of Defense and was released after Xoxe's downfall in 1949.

Marko would be accused of giving information to Anglo-Americans during his time as editor-in-chief.

1950

His last prison time would be May 1947-May 1950.

Nevertheless, Marko remained an idealist and antifascist.

In a letter sent to the Supreme Military Court of Albania from prison, he would state: ''Petro Marko is sentenced to three years and is thrown into the midst of those who he fought against, and hated.

1958

His best-known work Hasta La Vista published in Tirana in 1958 was largely influenced by his experiences during the Spanish Civil War.

1964

In 1964 a 204-page collection of tales he wrote in his early active years from 1933 to 1937 titled Rrugë pa rrugë (Directionless Road) was published.

Petro Marko.

1973

In 1973 his novel (A Name at the crossroads) set in the monarchist era was published.

1982

The book was immediately banned because of its content and Marko lost his publishing rights until 1982.

1991

He died in 1991, while in 2003 President of Albania, Alfred Moisiu decorated him with the medal "Honor of the Nation" (Nderi i Kombit).

2009

In 2009 a square in Dhermi was dedicated to his memory and the ceremony was attended by Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha.

The main theater in Vlorë bears his name.

Marko's best-known works are Hasta La Vista (novel) and (Ustica night) republished as Një natë e dy agime (One Night and Two Dawns).

The latter is a 380-page novel recounting the life of prisoners at the Ustica labor camp, where Petro Marko was also imprisoned.

Many works of Marko exhibit surrealist motifs and patterns such as his novel (The Last City), portraying the end of the Italian occupation of Albania.