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Arshi Pipa

 * ... that Albanian philosopher and poet Arshi Pipa was imprisoned for ten years because he antagonized the communist regime in Albania with his recitation of a verse by Goethe?
 * Reviewed: Hôtel Meurice diff

Created/expanded by Antidiskriminator (talk). Self nom at 17:34, 11 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol possible vote.svg The source provided does not support the claim.- Ravi My Tea Kadai 15:01, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Please check again. I added a quote which can be seen online. When I wrote this text a page number 152 was completely available online, but now it is not. It is only possible to see this portion of the text which mentions lines from Goethe's song. But in further text it was explained that the verse from Goethe's song was interpreted as attack on some high official of Albanian communist regime and that such interpretation was basis for putting Arshi Pipa on trial. On the first session of the trial he was sentenced to shorter imprisonment, but on another sesssion of trial, which lasted only 15 minutes, he was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment, but served ten.--Antidiskriminator (talk) 18:01, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
 * In case there is still concern about the source I propose alternetive hook:
 * ALT1: ... that Albanian philosopher and poet Arshi Pipa was imprisoned for ten years because he antagonized the communist regime in Albania? --Antidiskriminator (talk) 10:09, 16 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Checks out and ready to go. (Pardon my copyedit to the original hook which the source does support. I got lucky and got through to Google Books.) -SusanLesch (talk) 23:32, 28 January 2012 (UTC)