Mirko Gashi

Mirko Gashi (; 2 January 1939 – July 1995) was an Albanian writer. Born in Kralje, he studied journalism in Belgrade and worked as a journalist in ''Flaka e vëllazërimit'' in Skopje and in Radio Prishtina. He wrote poetry during the 1980s, producing collections ''Gjarpëri i shtëpise'' (The House Snake) (1980); ''Arbor vitae'' (The Tree of Life) (1988); and ''Plagë uji'', (Water Wound) (1990). Gashi translated literature from Kosovo Albanian authors into Serbo-Croatian. In late years, he suffered from depression and alcoholism, which ended in his death in July 1995. Provided by Wikipedia