The renowned Albanologist Robert Elsie dies

The prominent Canadian Albanologist of German origin, Robert Elsie, is dead.

Elsie, it's probably the most popular name among the 20th century albanologists and the 20th century beginnings, KTV reports.

Born in 1950 in Vancouver, Canada, Elsie had first known Albanian and Albanian during the '70s, when as a student in Germany, she had visited with a group of students in Tirana.

He would become a regular visitor to the Albanian Language Seminari in Pristina, where he would also learn the language in digital Albanian, through recognitions with Kosovars.

Leverated by President Bujar Nishani, Robert Elsie was author of a dozen books and articles from the fields of albanology. He had also translated Albanian literature into English, as did the Migen poets Lasgush Poradeci and writer Fatos Congoli. Meanwhile, it will be remembered as an English translator of the Gjergj Fishta poem, “Laha of Mality”. Elsie had also compiled lexic and Albanian vocabulary, as well as author of an overall history of Albania and Kosovo. Also, he had been translating during the trial process *7th day of Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic to The Hague, where he had directly translated Albanian witnesses.