Nicola Chetta

Nicola Chetta, (Arbërisht: Nikollë Keta; 12 July 1741 – 15 December 1803) was an Arbëresh writer and priest. He was born in Contessa Entellina, Sicily. He was educated at the Italo-Albanian Catholic seminary in Palermo. In 1777, Keta himself became rector of the seminary. As a poet, he wrote both religious and secular verse in Albanian and Greek, and has the honour of having composed the first Albanian sonnet (1777).^[1]

Nicola Chetta
Native name	Nikollë Keta
Born	(1741-07-12)12 July 1741 Contessa Entellina, Sicily
Died	15 December 1803(1803-12-15) (aged 62) Palermo, Sicily