Sehadete Mekuli [SEP] date of birth
Sehadete Mekuli
Sehadete Mekuli (16 October 1928 – 12 November 2013), also spelled Sadete Mekuli, was a Yugoslavian-born Albanian gynecologist, professor, and public figure. She became known for tending to the injured students of the 1981 protests in Kosovo, when Albanians demanded more autonomy within the Yugoslav federation. As a result of her actions, she was denied a full professorship at the University of Pristina School of Medicine and was forced into early retirement in 1988. She is the inspiration for the character of "Teuta
and the first head of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo. His works also include translations of Yugoslav literature into Albanian, such as that of Montenegrin poet Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, and Serbian translations of Albanian literature. His pen names include Sat Nokshiqi and Sat Hoxha. He died in Pristina on August 6, 1993.
Esad Mekuli was married to Sehadete Mekuli, gynecologist, public figure, and inspiration for the character "Teuta Shkreli" in Ismail Kadare's 1985 novel "Krushqit jane te ngrire" (