Maria Antonia Braile

Maria Antonia Braile was an Italian-arbëreshë writer and the first Albanian woman writer to ever publish literature in Albanian language. She was born in San Demetrio Corone in Calabria. Braile published in 1917 in Calabria, Italy, a collection of poems in Arbëresh language, entitled "Canti".
Braile is part of the Albanian world of poetry. Her poetry is simple and melancholic. She will be remembered as the first Albanian poetess.