Career
He began to write under pseudonyms, such as Hilushi, Hilush Vilza and Borizani. He also was Minister of Education at the time of the Albanian Kingdom during World World War II, when he sent two hundred teachers to establish Albanian schools in Kosovo. He translated into Albanian the works of the great Italian poets: Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Ludovico Ariosto, Torquato Tasso, Giuseppe Parini, Vincenzo Monti, and Ugo Foscolo.
He distinguished himself in the translation of an anthology of Italian poetry in 1963.
In his books such as Hija e Maleve (English: The Shadow of the Mountains), 1929, Tregtar flamujsh (English: Flags" Merchant), 1935, and Pasqyrat e Narçizit (English: The Mirrors of Narcissus), 1936, Koliqi brings a unique spirituality to Albanian literature. He died in Rome in 1975.