Robert Elsie

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”.
Elsie died of complications from ALS in Bonn, Germany on October 2, 2017 at the age of 67.