Robert Elsie

Writer, translator, interpreter, specialist in Albanian studies

Scholarly articles and other publications

Artikel und sonstige Veröffentlichungen
Articles et d'autres publications
Artikuj shkencore dhe botime të tjera

1979 - 1989

1990 - 1994

1995 - 1999

2000 - 2004

2005 - 2009

2009	articles Editor for Albanian literature, new edition of articles on / Redaktion albanischer Literatur, Betreuung der Wortartikel zu: Pjetër Bogdani: Cuneus Prophetarum de Christo Salvatore Mundi et eius Evangelica Veritate (Martin Camaj), Vol. 2, p. 703-704; Gjon Buzuku: Meshari (Martin Camaj), Vol. 3, p. 358-359; Gjergj Fishta: Ânzat e Parnasit, Mrizi i zânavet, Lahuta e malcís (Claus Haebler), Vol. 5, p. 525-529; Naim Bej Frashëri: Bageti e bujqësia (Ekrem Vlora), Vol. 5, p. 698-699; Ismail Kadare: Gjenerali i ushtrisë së vdekur (Wolfgang Rössig), Kronikë në gur (KLL), Dimri i madh (KLL), Pallai i ëndrrave (Rolf Fischer), Vol. 8, p. 524-528; Lasgush Poradeci: Ylli i zemrës (Claus Haebler), Vol. 13, p. 176-177; Jul Variboba: Gjella e Shën Meriis Virgjër (Claus Haebler), Vol.16, p. 680. in: Kindlers Literatur Lexikon, 3., völlig neu bearbeitete Auflage, herausgegeben von Heinz Ludwig Arnold (Stuttgart & Weimar: J. B. Metzlar, 2009 article Predgovor / Preface. in: Rusana Bejleri: Albanskata literatura - kato ogledalo na narodnata duševnost (Balkani, Sofia 2009), p. 7-8, 222-223. Download full text, 96 KB, PDF article Albanian literary history and Albanian literary culture: observations on recent developments. in: Oliver Jens Schmitt & Eva Anne Frantz (ed.): Albanische Geschichte: Stand und Perspektiven der Forschung. Südosteuropäische Arbeiten, 140.  ISBN 978-3-486-58980-1 (R. Oldenbourg, Munich 2009), p. 215-224. Download full text, 203 KB, PDF
2008	article Albanian literature in the English-speaking world. in: Translation Review, University of Texas at Dallas, 76 (2008), p. 1-10. Download full text, 95 KB, PDF article Me rastin e botimit të antologjisë së poezisë shqiptare: "Lightning from the Depths: an Anthology of Albanian Poetry." Presentation given in Tirana on 5 December 2008. Download full text, 12 KB, PDF translation Seven Albanian poets: Visar Zhiti, Mimoza Ahmeti, Gazmend Krasniqi, Lindita Arapi, Eqrem Basha, Flora Brovina and Abdullah Konushevci. Translated from the Albanian by Robert Elsie. in: New European Poets. General editors Wayne Miller and Kevin Prufer. (Saint Paul, Minnesota: Graywolf Press 2008) ISBN 978-1-55597-492-3, pp. 123-128. article Kosova and Albania: history, people, identity. on: www.OpenDemocracy.net. Posted 22 February 2008. www.opendemocracy.net/... article Albanian tales. in: Donald Haase (ed.): The Greenwood encyclopedia of folktales and fairy tales. Vol. 1, ISBN 978-0-313-33442-9. (Greenwood Press, Westport CT 2008), p. 23-25. Download full text, 106 KB, PDF article Udhëpërshkrim i Benjamin Dizraelit, 1830. Letër nga vizita në Shqipëri. in: Albanica Ekskluzive: revistë mujore për dije e kulturë, Prishtina, 75, Janar 2008, p. 38-41.
2007	article Të reja nga fusha e albanologjisë. in: BOKSHI, Besim, BASHA, Eqrem, KRAJA, Mehmet (ed.), Studime filologjike shqiptare: konferencë shkencore, 21-22 nëntor 2007 (Akademia e Shkencave dhe e Arteve e Kosovës / Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë, Prishtina 2008), p. 97-100. Download full text, 117 KB, PDF article Masakrat serbe në Dibër, 1913: raport zyrtar paraqitur Fuqive të Mëdha. in: Albanica Ekskluzive: revistë mujore për dije e kulturë, Prishtinë, 73-74, tetor/nëntor 2007, p. 17-20. Download full text, 123 KB, PDF article Dervish Duma. by Robert Elsie and Bejtullah Destani. in: New Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford: Oxford University Press. article Dritëshkronja. in: Albanica Ekskluzive, revistë mujore për dije e kulturë, Prishtinë, 72, shtator 2007, p. 10-14. Download full text, 86 KB, PDF article Gjon Buzuku: Opfer der Inquisition? in: Demiraj, Bardhyl (ed.): Nach 450 Jahren. Buzukus "Missale" und seine Rezeption in unserer Zeit. 2. Deutsch-Albanische kulturwissenschaftliche Tagung in München vom 14. bis 15. Oktober 2005. Albanische Forschungen, 25. ISBN 978-3-447-05468-3. (Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2007), p. 211-215. Download full text, 23 KB, PDF article Albanian literary history: a communist primeur. in: History of the literary cultures of East-Central Europe: junctures and disjunctures in the 19th and 20th centuries. Volume III. Edited by Marcel Cornis-Pope and John Neubauer. ISBN 978-90-272-3455-1 (John Benjamins, Amsterdam & Philadelphia 2007), p. 409-411. Download full text, 24 KB, PDF article Enver Hoxha’s dictatorship stifles Albanian theatre. in: History of the literary cultures of East-Central Europe: junctures and disjunctures in the 19th and 20th centuries. Volume III. Edited by Marcel Cornis-Pope and John Neubauer. ISBN 978-90-272-3455-1 (John Benjamins, Amsterdam & Philadelphia 2007), p. 231-234. Download full text, 65 KB, PDF article The National role of the Albanian literature journals. in: History of the literary cultures of East-Central Europe: junctures and disjunctures in the 19th and 20th centuries. Volume III. Edited by Marcel Cornis-Pope and John Neubauer. ISBN 978-90-272-3455-1 (John Benjamins, Amsterdam & Philadelphia 2007), p. 92-94. Download full text, 58 KB, PDF article The Rediscovery of folk literature in Albania. in: History of the literary cultures of East-Central Europe: junctures and disjunctures in the 19th and 20th centuries. Volume III. Edited by Marcel Cornis-Pope and John Neubauer. ISBN 978-90-272-3455-1 (John Benjamins, Amsterdam & Philadelphia 2007), p. 335-338. Download full text, 40 KB, PDF article Elbasani: nusja e botës. Nga udhëpërshkrimi (Sejahatname) i Evlija Çelebiut. in: Albanica Ekskluzive: revistë mujore për dije e kulturë, Prishtina, 69, June 2007, p. 79-82. Download full text, 24 KB, PDF article Kanina dhe Vlora nga udhëpërshkrimi (Sejahatnameja) e Evlija Çelebiut. in: Albanica Ekskluzive: revistë mujore për dije e kulturë, Prishtinë, 68, maj 2007, p. 82-85. Download full text, 33 KB, PDF article Berati - krahina hijerëndë: nga udhëpërshkrimi i Evlija Çelebiut. in: Albanica Ekskluzive, revistë mujore për dije e kulturë, Prishtinë, 67, prill/April 2007, p. 74-79. Download full text, 36 KB, PDF article Shenjtorët e krishterë të Shqipërisë. in: Tempulli, revistë periodike kulturore, Korça, 12 (2007), p. 71-93. article Gjirokastra: nga udhëpërshkrimi i Evlija Çelebiut. in: Albanica Ekskluzive, revistë mujore për dije e kulturë, Prishtina, 66, mars/March 2007, p. 73-76. Download full text, 30 KB, PDF article Evlija Çelebiu: nëpër Kosovë, 1669. in: Albanica Ekskluzive, revistë mujore për dije e kulturë, Prishtinë, 64/65, janar-shkurt 2007, p. 85-88. Download full text, 28 KB, PDF
2006	article Historia e sundimit turk në Shqipëri. Dorëshkrimi i panjohur i Eqrem bej Vlorës. in: Albanica Ekskluzive, revistë mujore për dije e kulturë, Prishtinë, 63, dhjetor 2006, p. 92 95. Download full text, 1103 KB, PDF article Baroni Franc Nopça dhe Kongresi i Triestit. in: Hylli i Dritës, Shkodër, 2006, 3, p. 19-28. Download full text, 142 KB, PDF article Maksimilian Lamberc në Mirditë, 1916, dhe zbulimi i koleksionit të tij fotografik. in: Albanica Ekskluzive, revistë mujore për dije e kulturë, Prishtina, 61, tetor/October 2006, p. 96-101. Download full text, 135 KB, PDF article Contemporary verse from Albania. in: Transcript, European Internet Review of Books and Writing, vol. 24. www.transcript-review.org/... article The hybrid soil of the Balkans: a topography of Albanian literature. in: History of the literary cultures of East-Central Europe: junctures and disjunctures in the 19th and 20th centuries. Volume II. Edited by Marcel Cornis-Pope and John Neubauer. ISBN 90-272-3453-1 (John Benjamins, Amsterdam & Philadelphia 2006), p. 283-301. Download full text, 166 KB, PDF article Fati i Gjon Buzukut. in: Shekulli, Tirana, 14 June 2006, p. 18-19. Download full text, 61 KB, PDF
2005	article Modern Albanian writing and its reception in the English-speaking world. Lecture given at the Humanities Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States, on 27 January 2005. Unpublished. Download full text, 76 KB, PDF article Gjergj Fishta and the Albanian national epic. Lecture given at the Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, on 26 January 2005. Unpublished. Download full text, 64 KB, PDF translation Ismail Kadare. The Albanian Writers’ Union as Mirrored by a Woman. Translated from the Albanian by Robert Elsie. in: The New Yorker, International Fiction Issue, New York, December 26, 2005 - January 2, 2006, p. 112-127. www.newyorker.com/... article Espectros balcánicos. in: La Nación, Suplemento Cultura, Buenos Aires, 20 November 2005. Download full text, 79 KB, PDF article Subtle dissent of a Balkan bard: the life and works of Ismail Kadare. in: TLS, the Times Literary Supplement, London, June 24, 2005, No. 5334, p. 14-15. Download full text, 117 KB, PDF article Freedom and chaos: contemporary Albanian literature. in: Illyria, New York, no. 1416, 4-7 February 2005, p. 5; 1417, 8-10 February 2005, p. 5; 1418, 11-14 February 2005, p. 3, 5. Download full text, 136 KB, PDF

1979 - 1989

1990 - 1994

1995 - 1999

2000 - 2004

2005 - 2009

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