Exclusive: Isuf Luzaj's letter from exile; the worries of his life

2022-07-18 11:22:56Histori SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Exclusive: Isuf Luzaj's letter from exile; the worries of his life
Isuf Luzaj, high exponent of Ball

Isuf Luzaj, senior exponent of the National Front, was born in 1914 in Kanina, Vlora. He completed his higher studies in France and after returning to Albania he started working as a teacher at the Lyceum of Korça. Then he also worked in Elbasan and at the commercial school in Vlora. In 1939, he was arrested by the Italians as a participant in the November 29, 1939 demonstration and exiled to Italy. In 1941 he was released and returned to Albania, staying illegally. After the formation of the National Front, he became one of the main leaders of the Front around Vlora. In November 1944, together with his brother, Ibrahim and one of his cousins, Idai Luzaj, they left Shkodra on a boat for Italy. Then he emigrated to Argentina, where he worked as a language professor at various universities. Then, he went to Canada, where he continued his work as a professor at the University of Ottawa. After the death of Ali Këlcyra in 1963, Ball members called him to America, where he was elected chairman of the National Ball. He continued his work again as professor of philosophy and French language at the University of New Hampshire and in 1969 was appointed professor of French literature at St. Joseph College, Indiana, yes in America.

Isuf Luzaj died on November 25, 2000 in America and, according to his will, was buried in his native village in Albania, where he left his wife and five children, who were minors when he left Albania.

In the letters he sent to his wife and children in Albania during the communist regime, which did not always reach their destination, as they were stopped by the internal affairs bodies, he expresses his sadness for the long period he spent in emigration, that he was suffering from illness and that he was old. But rather, he suffered from the pangs of conscience, that he had left alone and had left his children and wife at the mercy of fate.

In his letter to his family, dated January 31, 1984, he writes: "In my mind, the great sadness buries my soul under the weight of 40 years of exile. The regret that I abandoned you weighs on my head. My mind leaves me like a piece of meat with two eyes blinded by tears, as I am worthless. Not only that I don't know, but I couldn't even understand how I was so light of mind, letting myself be driven by the storm and the terrible fortunes and events through the seasons of life, blindly from there by fate, blind without mercy. After the past forty years, I find myself in a river of despair without salvation".

As we mentioned above, the letters and correspondence were checked by the competent bodies and very often they did not reach their destination. Often this was on purpose, to break the letter writer and his family members, with the argument that Luzaj was an "enemy of the people".

Po japim më poshtë një letër që ai i dërgon nga Argjentina djalit të tij, Kujtimit, në vitin 1965 që gjendet në Arkivin e Ministrisë së Punëve të Brendshme. Kur lexon këtë letër, por edhe të tjerat që ai shkruan, kupton dramën e jetës së tij, mallin, dhimbjen dhe brengat me të cilat Isufi jetonte larg familjes dhe Shqipërisë. 

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Dr. Jose Luzay

Profesor Catedatico de Universidades

MONTVIDEO 872

T.E 44-3601

BUENOS AIRES – ARGENTINA

 

I dashuri djale Kujtim,                                                            Bs- As. 7-I-1965

Mora kartolinen postale te I2-I-1965, kuptoj qe ti jeton akoma. Porse nuk di ne se jetojen te tkeret, vëllezërit e motrat e tua, sepse ti sme thua gjeper ata. U lodha duke u shkruare te gjithevet ish-familjes porse kurrë nuk kam marre përgjigjeje, prej asnjërit.

Po deshe e po te qe e mundur pergjigjmuketyrejpyetjevet te mija:

I.                   A rrojnë apo jo familja ime?

2. Kush ka vdekur prej tyrej e kur kane vdekur? Shkruame datat exakta kur kane vdekur qa ta di qe kur, ka qene e kote qe te vuaj per ta.

3. Ne qofte se rrojne shkruamë perse nuk shkruajnë?

4. Nena ime e nena jote a rrojne? Ne qofte se nena jote eshte martuare prape me nje burrë tjetër, shkruame sepse ky lajm do te me gëzoj shume sepse nashtiune u plaka e e vetmja gje qe me ep pakse qetësi eshte kur marr vesh qe ju jini te gjalle e ajo ka filluare jete te re, mbasi qe besoj kurrë ne kete jete nuk do te mund te piqemi me.

5. Keto gjera ti them sepse jo vetëm qe jam plak, pores kam qene edhe i semure, jam bere operacjon tre here, e rroj me hilace te shumta e me (e palexueshme) e me shume qetësi: per ndryshe do kishja vdekur  qe prej (e palexueshme) sepse trupi im eshte shkatërruare per brenda.

Prandaj përpara se te mbellyj sytë definitivisht do te doja te kishja te sigurta, nga juvej, per arsye te gjate qe seshte rasti te ti shpjegoj porse edhe qe teti shpjegoj eshte e kote sepse ti nuk i kupton dot sepse per ti kuptuare duhet te kece 70 vjeç moshe siç kam une shkencërisht me gjithë se sipas kalendarit kam 52 vjece.

6. Shkruame se ne çfarë menyre te mund te te ndihmoj? A te dërgoj dot para a i merr? E pergjigjmu se a i kini marre paratë qe u kam dërguar ne vitet e shkuara? A i kini marre ushqimet qe u kam dërguare? Etjeraetjera. Pergjigjmu se ne cilën adrese te te dërgoj paratë dua te them ku eshte posta me e afërte e mbi cilin person ti dërgoj qe ti marrësh me shpejte..

Shkruame se a rron Xhixhua ime: Rrahileja? Drita? Mehmeti? Dalani? Nora e Elisabeti? E ne se nuk rrijen thuamë te drejten e mos megenje sepse dyshimi eshte me i tmerrshëm se sa e vërteta sepse nje here qe njeriu e di te verteten ve nje gur mbi zemer. Jam plakur shume prandaj, dua tu dërgoj juvej gjithë ckam këtu mbasi qe skam njeri se kujt te ja le, këta pak kursime qe kam bere, e ca libra qe kam shkruare ca janë botuare ca janë duke u botuare e ca do te botohen pas vdekjes sime porse te paktën te kini te drejtenjuvej te mirrni te drejtat e autorit qe ep ligji, mbasi qe e kam shkruar testamentin qe pas vdekjes sime, Editprialet tu jepen juvej te drejtat e autorit qe këtu ligji ep 10 perqind mbi sumen e shitjes se përgjithshme. Përveç libravet te mija qe kam shkruare e qe janë libra Filozofije; kam edhe Biblioteken time te Institutit tim afro 30.000 vellime qe do te mbeten perjuvej, edhe kete e kam bere Testament përmbi juvej te peste duke i lene pjesën me te madhe Eleonores mbasi ajo skament qe te fitoj bukën e gojës, ne qofte se jeton akoma.

Answer as soon as possible because I am looking forward to your long answer since I have been living alone as a monk in a monastery for 21 years.

I kiss you with longing, Father Isufi.

signing

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