When Father Anton Harapi, who would later become Member of the High Regency Council of the Albanian Kingdom (1943–44), started to publish the catholic periodical Ora e Maleve (transl.

The Highland's Destiny), Shantoja and Luigj Gurakuqi were his first collaborators in writing articles for the magazine.

[4] He endorsed the Society for the Unity of the Albanian Language, and, during the burial of patriot Avni Rustemi, assassinated by a pro-monarchy individuao, Shantoja was one of the people who held a speech.

As a result of his participation in the revolution, after Zog I of Albania returned to power in December 1924, Shantoja got arrested in the following month, in January 1925.

On October 2, 1925, while residing in Belgrade, he wrote a touching article on the Liria Kombëtare magazine on the sudden murder of Luigj Gurakuqi.

On September 1, 1926, in Cetinje Shantoja held a speech in the burial of Captain Mark Raka, dead in mysterious circumstances in a road accident.

In 1928 he left the Kingdom of Yugoslavia for Vienna, where he started to publish the periodical Ora e Shqipnisë (transl.

Later, Shantoja went to Switzerland and started to work as a parish priest in Bienne, and then at La Motte in the Canton of Vaud, where he stayed until 1939 and took the opportunity to improve his French.

On September 28, 1939, he held a speech in the occasion of the new fascist flag of Albania, and, during the same year, he moved to Tirana, along with his mother.

Shantoja endorsed the government of Mustafa Kruja, in whose thoughts he saw a continuance of the political mentality of Gurakuqi.

[2] Accused as a war criminal on January 29, 1945, by public prosecutor Jonuz Mersini, he proclaimed himself innocent.

During the prison time, he was tortured by having both arms' and leg's bones broken, and he could walk only on his elbows and knees.

[9][10] Archbishop Zef Simoni, in his memories, wrote that, besides the breaking of his bones, tortures included skinning his legs with hot iron rods, and putting salt on his bare flesh, while he was never medicated.

[11] On January 31, 1945, Shantoja was sentenced to death by a military court, headed by Esat Ndreu, with members Mustafa Iljazi and Hysni Lame, whereas government prosecutor was Vaskë Koleci.

On February 2, 1945, the central investigation committee for war criminals, headed by Jusuf Alibali, recommended the withholding of the military court of Shkodër decision.

[7][13] Koliqi considered Shantoja to be a fine proseist, similar in style and elegance to Faik Konica.

The gathering of the martyrs), and, in 1934, he published a cycle of poetry "Për një puthje të vetme" (transl.

The selfish giant), Schiller's "Kânga e kumbonës" (Song of the Bell), Jørgensen's "Fija prej së naltit" (transl.

[15] In 1942 he translated Giuseppe Fontanelli's "Vargje për nji vashë të vdekur" (transl.

To myself)), and Gabriele D'Annunzio's "Shiu në halishtë" (Italian: La pioggia nel pineto, transl.