Mirko Gashi ( sr-cyr, Мирко Гаши, Mirko Gaši; 2 January 1939 – July 1995) was an

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writer. Born in Kralje, he studied journalism in

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and worked as a journalist in ''Flaka e vëllazërimit'' in

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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

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authors into

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. In late years, he suffered from depression and alcoholism, which ended in his death in July 1995.

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