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Together with Carmine Stamile, he also published an extensive study entitled <i>\u201cSprov\u00eb didaktike n\u00eb nj\u00eb mjedis dygjuh\u00ebsh Arb\u00ebresh\u201d <\/i>(<i>\u201cDidactic experiment in a bilingual Arb\u00ebresh environment\u201d<\/i>) (1979), where the right of Arb\u00ebresh people to preserve their mother tongue and teach it in their schools is argued. Carmelo Candreva\u2019s poetry stands out for its patriotic themes and freshness of inspiration. He published the poetic volumes: <i>\u201cShpirti i Arb\u00ebrit rron\u201d<\/i> (<i>\u201cThe spirit of Arb\u00ebr lives on\u201d<\/i>)<i> <\/i>(1976), <i>\u201cShpirti i Arb\u00ebrit rron, Arb\u00ebreshi tregon\u201d<\/i> <i>(\u201cThe spirit of Arb\u00ebr lives, the Arb\u00ebresh tells\u201d<\/i>), II (1977) and <i>\u201cShpirti i Arb\u00ebrit rron, vuan dega e hershme\u201d<\/i> (<i>\u201cThe spirit of the Arb\u00ebresh lives on, the early branch suffers\u201d<\/i>), III (1979). In 1981, a collection of selected poems by Carmelo Candreva, \u201cShpirti I Arb\u00ebrit rron,\u201d was published in Tirana. <i>(In the photo: The cover of the book <\/i>Shpirti i Arb\u00ebrit rron, vuan dega e hershme\u201d<i>.)<\/i>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Text:<\/strong> <i>Albanian encyclopedic dictionary &#8211; Vol. 2 <\/i>, Academy of Sciences of Albania, &#8220;Kristalina-KH&#8221;, Tirana, 2008, page 1105.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo: <\/strong>\u00a9 Xhoxhi L., personal archive&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graphic processing: <\/strong>AHCF&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 4, 1931, in Saint Japku (San Giaccomo di Cerzeto) in Calabria, Carmelo Candreva (1931\u20131982), writer and teacher of Arb\u00ebresh origin, was born.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ditelindje"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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