Stavro Skëndi

Stavro Skendi (born 1905 in Korçë; d. August 17, 1989 in Long Island) was an Albanian American linguist and historian.

Career

Skendi studied at Robert College in Istanbul, graduating in 1928.[1] He continued his studies at the University of Geneva and returned to Albania, where he taught in Commerce schools. During World War II he fought on the side of the Albanian National Front. In 1946, he emigrated to the U.S. He enrolled at Columbia University as a Ph.D. candidate, graduating in 1951. He joined the faculty as a lecturer in a program on East-Central Europe, specializing in Balkan language studies. He succeeded Nelo Drizari as lecturer and taught courses in Albanian and South Slavic at Columbia from 1954 until his retirement in 1972. Throughout this period, he cultivated his interest in Albanian studies, writing and publishing frequently.

Skendi was a Guggenheim Fellow and a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.[2]

Selected works

References

  1. Peter Prifti; Rafaela Kondi (2000). "The Teaching of Albanian at Columbia University". East European Quarterly 34 (3): 381.
  2. "NYT Obituary: Stavro Skendi, 82, a Professor at Columbia". The New York Times. 1989-08-20. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
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