{"id":6750,"date":"2026-04-13T00:17:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T00:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/10\/11\/bedri-dedja\/---abb0bc31-5988-4a88-80b0-885ec887574d"},"modified":"2026-04-13T00:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T00:17:13","slug":"bedri-dedja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/2026\/04\/13\/bedri-dedja\/","title":{"rendered":"Bedri Dedja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On April 13, 2004, <\/strong>Bedri Dedja, teacher and psychologist, historian of the Albanian education, writer, theorist and critic of children&#8217;s literature, academic, passed away in Tirana. He was born in Kor\u00e7a. He completed his higher studies at the &#8220;Lenin&#8221; Institute in Moscow (1953), simultaneously pursuing two fields of study: pedagogy-psychology and children&#8217;s literature. He was a lecturer and dean of the Faculty of History and Philology at the Higher Pedagogical Institute (1954-1957), director of the 2-year Higher Pedagogical Institute of Tirana (1957-1958), editor-in-chief of the newspaper &#8220;M\u00ebsuesi&#8221;, of the magazines &#8220;Arsimi popullor&#8221; and &#8220;Fatosi&#8221;; Deputy Minister of Education and Culture (1970-1973) etc. He is the author of pedagogical and psychological scientific publications: <i>\u201cRrug\u00ebt e perfeksionimit t\u00eb sistemit t\u00eb sot\u00ebm t\u00eb edukat\u00ebs familjare\u201d<\/i>(<i>\u201cThe paths to perfecting the current family education system\u201d<\/i>) (1966), \u201cSh\u00ebnime p\u00ebr historin\u00eb e mendimit pedagogjik shqiptar\u201d (<i>\u201cNotes on the history of Albanian pedagogical thought<\/i>\u201d) (1972), <i>\u201cStudime p\u00ebr problemin e metodave t\u00eb dh\u00ebnies s\u00eb m\u00ebsimit n\u00eb shkoll\u00eb\u201d<\/i> (<i>\u201cStudies<\/i> <i>on the problem of teaching methods in schools\u201d<\/i>) (1987), <i>\u201cPsikologjia sociale\u201d<\/i> (<i>\u201cSocial<\/i> <i>psychology\u201d<\/i>) (1990), <i>\u201cSekreti i talentit\u201d <\/i>(<i>\u201cThe secret of talent\u201d<\/i>) (1998) etc.; co-author of psychology texts for high schools and postgraduate courses, as in the work <i>\u201cHistoria e arsimit dhe e mendimit pedagogjik shqiptar I\u201d<\/i> (<i>\u201cThe history of Albanian education and pedagogical thought I\u201d<\/i>) (2004), etc. Among the main works as a writer of children&#8217;s literature, are the novels <i>\u201cKalamajt\u00eb e pallatit tim\u201d<\/i> (<i>\u201cToads of my palace\u201d<\/i>) (1972), <i>\u201cMet partizani\u201d<\/i> (<i>\u201cMet<\/i> <i>the partisan\u201d<\/i>) (1981), <i>\u201cKacamisri rreth globit\u201d<\/i> (<i>\u201cKacamisri around the globe\u201d<\/i>) (1993), <i>\u201cNj\u00eb udh\u00ebtim i rreziksh\u00ebm\u201d<\/i> (<i>\u201cA dangerous journey<\/i>\u201d) (1962), <i>\u201cQyteti me tri k\u00ebshtjella\u201d<\/i> (<i>\u201cThe city with three castles\u201d<\/i>) (2003); the poem <i>&#8220;Shkolla e pyllit&#8221;<\/i> (<i>\u201cThe forest school\u201d<\/i>) (1967), the volumes <i>\u201cP\u00ebrralla nj\u00ebmb\u00ebdhjet\u00ebkat\u00ebshe\u201d<\/i> (<i>\u201cThe nineteen-story fairy tale\u201d<\/i>) (1996); as a researcher, he published the books \u201cTradita e probleme t\u00eb let\u00ebrsis\u00eb shqipe p\u00ebr f\u00ebmij\u00eb\u201d (<i>\u201cThe tradition and issues of Albanian children&#8217;s literature\u201d<\/i>) (1971), <i>\u201cShkrime mbi let\u00ebrsin\u00eb p\u00ebr f\u00ebmij\u00eb\u201d<\/i> (<i>\u201cWritings on children&#8217;s literature\u201d<\/i>) (1978), <i>\u201cLet\u00ebrsia p\u00ebr f\u00ebmij\u00eb\u201d<\/i> (<i>\u201cChildren&#8217;s literature\u201d<\/i>) (1961) etc. For this activity, he received the Order of the International Book Organization for Children and Young People (Zurich, 2000). He was decorated with the &#8220;Grand Master of Labor&#8221; Order, he received the Republic Award of the first degree. <i>(In the photo: Bedri Dedja)<\/i>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Text:<\/strong> <i>Albanian encyclopedic dictionary &#8211; Vol. 1 <\/i>, Academy of Sciences of Albania, &#8220;Kristalina-KH&#8221;, Tirana, 2008, page 427-428.&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 13, 2004, Bedri Dedja, teacher and psychologist, historian of the Albanian education, writer, theorist and critic of children&#8217;s literature, academic, passed away in Tirana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vdekje"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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