Bernardin Palaj

Bernardin Palaj
Born	December 2, 1894 Shllak, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Albania)
Died	December 8, 1947 (aged 53)
Occupation	Franciscan cleric, folklorist and poet

Bernardin Palaj (2 December 1894 — 8 December 1947) was a Franciscan cleric, folklorist and poet.^[1] He was born in Shllak.^[2]

Palaj and Donat Kurti were the first to record the Albanian language song 'Gjergj Elez Alia' which was published in Tirana in 1937.^[3]

References

1. Elsie, Robert (2010) [2004], Historical Dictionary Of Albania (PDF) (2 ed.), Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, p. 416, ISBN 9781282521926, OCLC 816372706
2. Elsie, Robert (2004). Songs of the frontier warriors. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. pp. xi. ISBN 978-0-86516-412-3.
3. Elsie 2004, p. xi

   Gjergj Elez Alia, recorded in Nikaj (District of Tropoja). Published in Visaret e Kombit, Vol II, ed. Bernandin Palay and Donat Kurti (Tirana 1937)

Sources

• Elsie, Robert (2004). Songs of the frontier warriors. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. ISBN 978-0-86516-412-3.