Petro Poga

Petro Vito Poga
Born	1850 Erind, Ottoman Empire
Died	1944 Erind, Albania
Nationality	Albanian
Known for	"Drita" magazine Central Committee for Defending Albanian Rights Society for the Publication of Albanian Writings Albanian Declaration of Independence Congress of Durrës

Petro Poga (1850–1944) was one of the delegates of Albanian Declaration of Independence event in Vlorë, 1912, and one of the most important Albanian Rilindas.

He was born in Erind, Gjirokastër, Albania (then Ottoman Empire), son of Vito Poga, a local who had previously worked in his region and in Istambul as a tailor.
Poga went to the Zosimea Greek language School of Ioannina, Greece (then Ottoman Empire) and then graduated in Jurisprudence from the Istanbul University. In Istanbul he was active part of the Central Committee for Defending Albanian Rights, and the Society for the Publication of Albanian Writings. These two associations, both founded by Sami Frashëri, included Naim Frashëri, Abdyl Frashëri, Jani Vreto, Koto Hoxhi, Shahin Kolonja, Hasan Tahsini, and Ismail Qemali and aimed to create an independent Albania.

In 1884 Poga founded and started publishing the Drita in Istambul. As Muslim Albanians were not allowed to write in Albanian at that time, Albanian writers such as Naim Frasheri and Sami Frasheri would write using pseudonyms. Shahin Kolonja would take over after him. The magazine was later published by Pandeli Sotiri, under the name of Dituria ("Knowledge" in English).

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