Anton Berisha

Anton Nikë Berisha (born August 7, 1946) is an Albanian scholar and folklorist. He has been teaching Albanian at the University of Calabria since 1992, and is considered an expert in Albanian oral and Arbëreshë literature. He is one of the Albanologists who have carried out extensive research on Albanian epic poetry, in particular collecting and publishing Kângë Kreshnikësh, the traditional songs of the heroic legendary cycle of Albanian epic poetry.