Gjon Buzuku (16th century) was an Albanian Catholic clergyman who wrote the first known printed book in Albanian. Gjon Buzuku was born in the village of Ljare (Kraja) in Bar, Montenegro close to Northern Albania (Kraje is located on the shores of Lake Scutari). He probably lived in or near Venice. There are claims that he was the bishop of two dioceses in north Albania or that he was a monk. Wikipedia
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(17) Tah trajtonjh, ta ndreq.Tueh klenh etj.:kuptohet q kjo sht e para vepr q prkthen Buzuku; mund t nnkuptohet edhe se ai nuk njeh tjetr vepr t prkthyer para tij. www.albasoul.com/letersia/Doreshkrime/meshari.htm
BIOGRAPHY Gjon Buzuku, a northern Albanian Catholic cleric, who probably lived in or around Venice, was the author of the first book written and published in Albanian, a 188-page translation of the Catholic missal. www.shkoder.net/en/buzuku.htm
