Robert Elsie
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| Born | June 29, 1950 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Main interests | Albanian literature, folklore |
| Major works | Albanian Literature : A Short History The Highland Lute (Lahuta e Malcís): The Albanian National Epic. |
Robert Elsie (Born 1950) is a scholar who specializes in Albanian literature and folklore.
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[edit] Life
Born on June 29, 1950 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Elsie studied at the University of British Columbia, graduating in 1972 with a diploma in Classical Studies and Linguistics. In the following years, he continued his post-graduate studies at the Free University of Berlin, at the École Pratique des Hautes Études and at the University of Paris IV: Paris-Sorbonne, at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies in Ireland, and at the University of Bonn, where he finished his doctorate on Linguistics and Celtic Studies in 1978 at the Linguistics Institute.
From 1978 on, Elsie got permission was able to visit Albania several times with a group of students and professors from the University of Bonn. For several years, he also attended the International Seminar on Albanian Language, Literature and Culture, held in Pristina, Kosovo. From 1982 to 1987, he worked for the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bonn. He thereafter worked as a freelance conference interpreter, primarily for Albanian and German, and now works for the United Nations. Since 2002 he has been working for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia as interpreter for several cases including the trial of Slobodan Milošević.
[edit] Works
Robert Elsie is the author of numerous books and articles, focusing on various aspects of Albanian culture and affairs.
[edit] Publications
The below are selected English-language publications (author, editor or translator). Robert Elsie has approximately 40 additional books in English, Albanian or German, of which he was author or editor.
- Robert Elsie, editor (2006). Balkan Beauty, Balkan Blood : Modern Albanian Short Stories (Writings from an Unbound Europe). Northwestern University Press. ISBN 0-8101-2336-3.
- Robert Elsie (2006). Albanian Literature : A Short History. I. B. Tauris. ISBN 1-84511-031-5.
- Robert Elsie and Janice Mathie-Heck, editors (2004). Songs of the Frontier Warriors: Kenge Kreshnikesh--Albanian Epic Verse in a Bilingual English-Albanian Edition. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers; Bilingual edition. ISBN 0-86516-412-6.
- Visar Zhiti, Robert Elsie (Translator) (2004). The Condemned Apple : Selected Poetry. Green Integer; Bilingual edition. ISBN 1-931243-72-7.
- Robert Elsie (2004). Historical Dictionary of Kosova (European Historical Dictionaries). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-5309-4.
- Robert Elsie (2003). Historical Dictionary of Albania (European Historical Dictionaries). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-4872-4. http://www.scribd.com/doc/50090471/Robert-Elise-Historical-Dictionary-of-Albania.
