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Robert Elsie

1950 - 2017

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Robert Elsie (June 29, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was a Canadian-born German scholar who specialized in Albanian literature and folklore. Elsie was a writer, translator, interpreter, and specialist in Albanian studies, being the author of numerous books and articles that focused on various aspects of Albanian culture and affairs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Elsie is the 6,428th most popular writer (up from 6,440th in 2019), the 722nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 693rd in 2019) and the 40th most popular Canadian Writer.

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Among writers, Robert Elsie ranks 6,428 out of 7,302. Before him are Leyla Aliyeva, Terry Southern, Carmen Posadas, John Burroughs, John Gribbin, and Bosley Crowther. After him are Hugh MacDiarmid, Helen Bannerman, Rohinton Mistry, Sarah Josepha Hale, Alan Dundes, and Ruth Graham.

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Among people born in 1950, Robert Elsie ranks 646. Before him are Jorge Fernández Díaz, Pavel Panov, Eugenio Morel, Vasile Iordache, Gaylen Ross, and Asa Hutchinson. After him are Gregory Harrison, Jorge Del Castillo, John McNaughton, José Marín, Werner Peter, and Gholam Hossein Mazloumi. Among people deceased in 2017, Robert Elsie ranks 580. Before him are Steve Sumner, Simon Dickie, Howard Hodgkin, John B. Anderson, Boris Nikolov, and Norman Johnson. After him are Zdeněk Šreiner, Jim Bunning, J. P. Donleavy, Brent Briscoe, Miguel Ángel Loayza, and Len Wein.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Robert Elsie ranks 722 out of 1,622. Before him are Ruby Keeler (1909), Atiba Hutchinson (1983), Cliff Thorburn (1948), Enrico Colantoni (1963), Estella Warren (1978), and Brad Wright (1961). After him are Maurice LaMarche (1958), Sam Langford (1886), Jessica Steen (1965), Shay Mitchell (1987), Marie Avgeropoulos (1986), and Art Ross (1885).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Robert Elsie ranks 40. Before him are Robertson Davies (1913), Élie Blanchard (1881), Guy Gavriel Kay (1954), Robert J. Sawyer (1960), George Woodcock (1912), and Farley Mowat (1921). After him are Rachel Cusk (1967), Cory Doctorow (1971), Deborah Ellis (1960), Timothy Findley (1930), John Ralston Saul (1947), and Gregory Colbert (1960).

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