Robert Elsie
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Elsie in 2006
Robert Elsie (June 29, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was a Canadian scholar who specialized in Albanian literature and folklore. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was known for his works Albanian Literature : A Short History and The Highland Lute (Lahuta e Malcís): The Albanian National Epic. As a translator, Elsie offered the reader “a selection of songs from the best known cycle of Albanian epic verse”.[1]
Elsie died of complications from ALS in Bonn, Germany on October 2, 2017 at the age of 67.[2]
Robert Elsie Media
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Robert Elsie (top right in blue pants and with mustache) in Butrint, 1978
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Grave site of Robert Elsie in Theth cemetery
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Medal of Gratitude (Albania)
References
- ↑ John Kolsti. "Robert Elsie and Janice Mathie-Heck, eds. and trans". Journals.ku.edu. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
- ↑ Robert Elsie, one of the greatest Albanologists, passes away at 67