death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
08 december 1947 shllak , ottoman empire -lrb- modern-day albania -rrb- 02 december 1894 bernardin palaj
 bernardin palaj franciscan cleric , folklorist and poet
bernardin palaj

bernardin palaj -lrb- 2 december 1894 -- 8 december 1947 -rrb- was the franciscan cleric , folklorist and poet .
he was born in shllak .
palaj and donat kurti were the first to record the albanian language song ` gjergj elez alia ' which was published in tirana in 1937 .
