Zamputi was born on 12 February 1910 in Shkodër, today's Albania, back then still part of the Vilayet of Scutari of the Ottoman Empire.

Zamputi graduated from the Saverian College in Shkodra, and at the age of 21, and where he would start his academic career as professor of the Albanian language and literature.

[3] Right after the end of WWII, he started as director of the Cultural Center in Shkodra, while during 1946–1948 he lived in Gjirokastër, teaching literature in the local lyceum.

He would continue to write during the '50s and '60s, three dramas, a melodrama, two long stories, and a poem about the Albanian uprising of 1481 which would not get published, forcing him to focus on history and paleography.

Zamputi gave an immense contribute in transcribing, translating, and commenting thousands of important documents about the history of Albania, taking advantage of his excellent knowledge of Latin, medieval Italian, paleography, and archival research.