Mirko Gashi

Mirko Gashi (1939-1995), was an Albanian writer of the 20th century. He was born in Kraljevo in Serbia, attended elementary school in Preshevo and secondary school in Gjilan.

He studied journalism at the University of Belgrade and worked subsequently as a reporter for the newspaper Flaka e vëllazërimit (Flame of Brotherhood) in Skopje, Macedonia and for Radio Prishtina, Kosovo.

He was much admired in the 1980s for his verse, which was compiled in particular in the collections: Gjarpëri i shtëpise, Prishtina 1980 (The House Snake); Arbor vitae, Prishtina 1988 (The Tree of Life); and Plagë uji, Prishtina 1990 (Water Wound). He also translated much Kosovar Albanian literature into Serbian.

Suffering increasingly from depression in later years, Gashi turned to alcohol for salvation and died of it in July 1995.

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Name	Gashi, Mirko
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Date of birth	1939
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Date of death	1995
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