Robert Elsie

Writer, translator, interpreter, specialist in Albanian studies

Books

Bücher
Livres
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— 1989

1990 - 1999

2000 - 2009

2010 - 2013

2009	Ornela Vorpsi: The Country Where No One Ever Dies Translated by Robert Elsie and Janice Mathie-Heck ISBN 978-1-56478-568-8 Dalkey Archive Press, Champaign & London 2009 109 pp.
	Anna Di Lellio: The Battle of Kosovo 1389 An Albanian epic Translations by Robert Elsie ISBN 978-1-84885-094-1 I.B. Tauris in association with the Centre for Albanian Studies, London 2009 199 pp.
2008	Edward Lear në Shqipëri: ditar udhëtimesh, 1848-1849 Përkthyer nga origjinali Majlinda Nishku Redaktuar nga Bejtullah Destani dhe Robert Elsie Me parathënie nga Vivien Noakes ISBN 99956-706-7-4 Plejad, Tirana, 2008 312 pp.
	Albania and Kosova in Colour 1913 The Autochromes of the Albert Kahn Collection Shqipëria dhe Kosova në ngjyra 1913 Autokromat e koleksionit Alber Kan Edited by Gerda Mulder & Richard van den Brink ISBN 978-90-76905-25-9 Skanderbeg Books, Tirana 2008 94 pp.
	Lightning from the Depths: an Anthology of Albanian Poetry Edited and translated from the Albanian by Robert Elsie and Janice Mathie-Heck Writings from an Unbound Europe ISBN 978-0-8101-2463-9 Northwestern University Press, Evanston, Illinois, 2008 xxxi + 293 pp.
	Evlija Çelebiu në Shqipëri dhe në viset fqinje: Kosovë, Mali i Zi, Ohër Në bazë të dorëshkrimit autograf Përgatitur nga Robert Elsie Përkthyer nga Abdurrahim Myftiu ISBN 99943-56-42-9 Shtëpia Botuese 55, Tirana 2008 213 pp.
	Edward Lear in Albania: journals of a landscape painter in the Balkans Edited by Bejtullah Destani and Robert Elsie, with a preface by Vivien Noakes ISBN 978-1-84511-602-6 I.B. Tauris in association with the Centre for Albanian Studies, London 2008 xvii + 225 pp.
	Azem Shkreli. Blood of the quill Selected poetry from Kosova in a bilingual, English-Albanian edition. Edited and translated by Robert Elsie and Janice Mathie-Heck Green Integer 173 ISBN 978-1-933382-91-3 Green Integer, Los Angeles 2008 264 pp.
2007	Udhëtime nëpër Ballkan Kujtime nga jeta e Franc Baron Nopça Pajisur me parathënie, shtojcë dhe përgatitur nga Robert Elsie Përktheu Ilirjana Angoni ISBN 978-99956-619-7-7 Plejad, Tiranë 2007 685 pp.
	Writing in Light Early Photography of Albania and the Southwestern Balkans Dritëshkronja Fotografia e hershme nga Shqipëria dhe Ballkani ISBN 978-9951-8735-1-2 ATV Media Company & Arbi Ltd, Prishtina 2007 311 pp.
	Fatos Kongoli | The Loser Translated by Robert Elsie and Janice Mathie-Heck ISBN 978-1-85411-452-5 Seren Books, Bridgend, Wales, 2007 181 pp.
	Bajazid Elmaz Doda unter Mitwirkung von Franz Baron Nopcsa Albanisches Bauernleben im oberen Rekatal bei Dibra (Makedonien) Herausgegeben von Robert Elsie Balkanologie: Beiträge zur Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft, Herausgegeben von Thede Kahl, Michael Metzeltin, Gabriella Schubert und Christian Voss Band 1 ISBN 978-3-8258-0711-5 Lit-Verlag, Vienna & Münster 2007 216 S.
2006	Letërsia shqipe: një histori e shkurtër Përktheu nga anglishtja Majlinda Nishku ISBN 99943-85-04-6 Skanderbeg Books, Tirana 2006 297 pp.
	Balkan beauty, Balkan blood: modern Albanian short stories Edited by Robert Elsie. Translated from the Albanian Writings from an Unbound Europe ISBN 0-8101-2337-1 Northwestern University Press, Evanston, Illinois, 2006 ix + 143 pp.
2005	Leksiku i kulturës popullore shqiptare Besime, mitologji, fe, doke, rite, festa dhe veçori kulturore ISBN 99943-683-4-6 Skanderbeg Books, Tirana 2005 282 pp.
	Gjergj Fishta. The Highland Lute (Lahuta e Malcís) The Albanian national epic Translated from the Albanian by Robert Elsie & Janice Mathie-Heck ISBN 1-84511-118-4 I.B. Tauris in association with the Centre for Albanian Studies, London / Palgrave Macmillan, New York 2005 xviii + 487 pp.
	Albanian literature: a short history ISBN 1-84511-031-5 I.B. Tauris in association with the Centre for Albanian Studies, London / Palgrave Macmillan, New York 2005 vi + 291 pp.
	Visar Zhiti. The condemned apple Selected poetry Translated by Robert Elsie. A bilingual edition Green Integer 134 ISBN 1-931243-72-7 Green Integer, Copenhagen & Los Angeles 2005 314 pp.
2005 2004	Zarys historii literatury albanskiej Zeszyt 1. Bibliografia literatury albanskiej Zeszyt 2. Narodziny literatury albanskiej, XV-XVII wiek Zeszyt 3. Albanska literatura wieku XVIII i XIX Zeszyt 4. Wspólczesna literatura albanska Tlumaczenie Irena Sawicka ISBN 83-231-1677-6 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Mikolaja Kopernika, Torun 2004 122 pp. ISBN 83-231-1678-4 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Mikolaja Kopernika, Torun 2004 79 pp. ISBN 83-231-1679-2 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Mikolaja Kopernika, Torun 2004 104 pp. ISBN 83-231-1829-9 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Mikolaja Kopernika, Torun 2005 202 pp.
2004	Historical Dictionary of Kosova Historical Dictionaries of Europe, No. 44 ISBN 0-8108-5309-4 Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, Toronto and Oxford 2004 lvi + 289 pp.
	Zhan Klod Faveirial. Historia (më e vjetër) e Shqipërisë [Përgatitur për botim nga Robert Elsie] Përktheu Gent Ulqini Redaktoi dhe pajisi me shënime Qemal Velija ISBN 99927-982-7-0 Plejad, Tirana 2004 552 pp.
	Tales from old Shkodra Early Albanian short stories Edited by Robert Elsie Dukagjini Balkan Books ISBN 9951-04-043-3 Dukagjini, Peja 2004 178 pp.
	Songs of the Frontier Warriors: Këngë Kreshnikësh Albanian epic verse in a bilingual English-Albanian edition Edited introduced and translated from the Albanian by Robert Elsie and Janice Mathie-Heck ISBN 0-86516-412-6 Bolchazy-Carducci Publ., Wauconda, Illinois 2004 xviii + 414 pp.
	Historical Dictionary of Albania New Edition European historical dictionaries, no. 42 ISBN 0-8108-4872-4 Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, and Oxford 2004 xlv + 534 pp.
2003	Early Albania A Reader of Historical Texts 11th - 17th Centuries Balkanologische Veröffentlichungen, 39 ISBN 3-447-04783-6 Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2003 ix + 235 pp.
	Eqrem Basha. Neither a wound nor a song Poetry from Kosova in a bilingual Albanian-English edition, with a foreword by Janice Mathie-Heck Selected, translated from the Albanian and edited by Robert Elsie ISBN 1-891654-13-6 Gjonlekaj Publishing, New York 2003 xviii +171 pp.
	Berit Backer. Behind stone walls Changing household organization among the Albanians of Kosova Edited by Robert Elsie and Antonia Young, with an introduction and photographs by Ann Christine Eek Dukagjini Balkan Books ISBN 9951-05-024-7 Dukagjini, Peja 2003 304 pp.
	Gjergj Fishta. The Highland Lute: the Albanian national epic Cantos I-V. The cycle of Oso Kuka Translated from the Albanian by Robert Elsie Dukagjini Balkan Books ISBN 9951-05-022-0 Dukagjini, Peja 2003 167 pp.
2002	Gathering clouds: the roots of ethnic cleansing in Kosovo and Macedonia Early twentieth-century documents Compiled, translated and edited by Robert Elsie Dukagjini Balkan Books ISBN 9951-05-016-6 Dukagjini, Peja 2002 172 pp.
	Handbuch zur albanischen Volkskultur Mythologie, Religion, Volksglaube, Sitten, Gebräuche und kulturelle Besonderheiten Balkanologische Veröffentlichungen, Fachbereich Neuere Fremdsprachliche Philologien der Freien Universität Berlin Band 36 ISBN 3-447-04487-X Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2002 xi + 308 S.
2001	Reisen in den Balkan Die Lebenserinnerungen des Franz Baron Nopcsa Eingeleitet, herausgegeben und mit Anhang versehen von Robert Elsie Dukagjini Balkan Books Dukagjini, Peja 2001 xii + 527 pp.
	Jean-Claude Faveyrial. Histoire de l'Albanie Edition établie et présentée par Robert Elsie Dukagjini Balkan Books Dukagjini, Peja 2001 xviii + 426 pp.
	Der Kanun Das albanische Gewohnheitsrecht nach dem sogenannten Kanun des Lekë Dukagjini Kodifiziert von Shtjefën Gjeçovi, ins Deutsche übersetzt von Marie Amelie Freiin von Godin und mit einer Einführung von Michael Schmidt-Neke Herausgegeben mit Vorwort und Bibliographie von Robert Elsie Dukagjini Balkan Books Dukagjini, Peja 2001 283 pp.
	Migjeni (Millosh Gjergj Nikolla). Free Verse A bilingual edition translated from the Albanian and introduced by Robert Elsie Dukagjini Balkan Books Dukagjini, Peja 2001 143 pp.
	Albanian folktales and legends Selected and translated from the Albanian by Robert Elsie Dukagjini Balkan Books Dukagjini, Peja 2001 240 pp.
	Histori e letërsisë shqiptare Përktheu nga anglishtja Abdurrahim Myftiu. Botim i dytë Dukagjini, Peja 2001 646 pp.
	Flora Brovina. Call me by my name Poetry from Kosova in a bilingual Albanian-English edition Edited, introduced and translated from the Albanian by Robert Elsie ISBN 1-891654-08-X Gjonlekaj Publ., New York 2001 165 pp.
	A dictionary of Albanian religion, mythology and folk culture ISBN 1-85065-570-7 Hurst & Company, London 2001 357 pp.
2000	Who will slay the wolf Selected poetry by Ali Podrimja Translated from the Albanian with an introduction by Robert Elsie ISBN 0-9622141-6-7 Gjonlekaj Publishing Company, New York 2000 268 pp.
	Evliya Çelebi in Albania and adjacent regions (Kosovo, Montenegro, Ohrid) The relevant sections of the Seyahatname Edited with translation, commentary and introduction by Robert Dankoff and Robert Elsie Evliya Çelebi's Book of Travels. Land and people of the Ottoman Empire in the seventeenth century A corpus of partial editions, edited by Klaus Kreiser Volume 5 ISBN 90-04-11624-9 Brill, Leiden, New York, Cologne 2000 307pp.

— 1989

1990 - 1999

2000 - 2009

2010 - 2013

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