Thanas was the younger brother of Albanian patriot, politician, and writer Kristo Floqi.

He was a contributor in the establishment of "Malli i Mëmëdheut" (Homeland's yearning) which a few years later would become one of the sources for "Vatra Federation".

Thanas would return to Albania in 1912, and settle in Vlorë, where he contributes in the expansion of Albanian education.

After that, he worked in the newly created Albanian administration, and as an interpreter for the International Commission of Control, and as first secretary of the Ministry of Justice.

In 1913, he settled in Elbasan, where he cooperated with Aqif Pashë Elbasani and worked as a teacher in the Shkolla Normale e Elbasanit.