Përpjekja shqiptare

Përpjekja shqiptare (English: The Albanian Endeavour), published by Branko Merxhani, and administered by Petro Marko was a literary magazine, published in Tirana, Albania from 1936 to 1939.

[1] The magazine was published monthly is said to have had a great influence on the modernization of the cultural life of Albania at that time.

In addition it included essays on philosophy, psychoanalysis, sociology, linguistics, archeology, and history.

It propagated a spiritual and cultural rebirth, called Neo-Albanianism (Albanian: Neo-shqiptarisma), with a view on Western Europe.

[2][3] Although it published only 27 times, the magazine had a notable influence on the Albanian culture.