Zef Pllumi
Zef Pllumi | |
|---|---|
| Priest | |
Statue of Pllumi in Shëngjin | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 August 1924 |
| Died | 25 September 2007 (aged 83) Rome, Italy |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Signature | |
| Sainthood | |
| Attributes | Priest's attire |
| Patronage | Persecuted Christians |
Zef Pllumi (28 August 1924 – 25 September 2007) was an Albanian Franciscan priest and memoirist. After 26 years in communist prisons he wrote the non-fiction works Live To Tell, A True Story of Religious Persecution in Albania (Albanian: Rrno vetëm për me tregue), also known as the Albanian gulag archipelago, The Great Franciscans (Albanian: Franceskanet e Medhaj), The Book of Memories (1944–1951) (Albanian: Libri i Kujtimeve (1944–1951)).