What is Robert Elsie?
[[File:ElsieRobert06.201003.jpg|thumb|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”.<ref>{{cite web | author=John Kolsti | title=Robert Elsie and Janice Mathie-Heck, eds. and trans.| publisher=Journals.ku.edu| url= https://journals.ku.edu/index.php/folklorica/article/viewFile/3776/3614| access-date= June 26, 2012}}</ref> Elsie died of complications from [[ALS]] in [[Bonn]], [[Germany]] on October 2, 2017 at the age of 67.<ref>[http://www.tiranatimes.com/?p=133993 Robert Elsie, one of the greatest Albanologists, passes away at 67]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.elsie.de/ Elsie's personal site]. {{DEFAULTSORT:Elsie, Robert}} [[Category:1950 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:People from Vancouver]] [[Category:Canadian translators]] [[Category:Writers from British Columbia]] {{bio-stub}}