Gjergj Fishta portrait on a dark editorial card titled Gheg Literature, Told Through Robert Elsie
Culture & Traditions, History

The Canadian Who Gave Us Back Our Own Books: Gheg Literature, Told Through Robert Elsie

A foreigner buried in Theth spent his life translating northern Albania’s Gheg literature — Fishta, Bogdani, Migjeni — back into reach. Here’s the tradition, told through him.