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The Siege is a historical novel by Albanian author Ismail Kadare, first published in 1970 in Tirana as Kështjella (The Castle).It concerns the siege of an unnamed Albanian fortress by troops of the Ottoman Empire during the time of Skanderbeg, loosely based on the historical Siege of Krujë (1450).
Dhimitër Pasko (Romanian: Dimitrie Pascu; [1] 13 September 1907 – 4 May 1967) was a well-known Albanian writer, literary critic and translator. [2] Along with Ernest Koliqi he is considered as the founder of modern Albanian prose; in Albanian literature his pen name for which he gained fame was Mitrush Kuteli.
Ismail Kadare was born on 28 January 1936, in the Kingdom of Albania during the reign of King Zog I.He was born in Gjirokastër, a historic Ottoman fortress–city in the mountains, made up of tall stone houses in what is today southern Albania, a dozen miles from the border with Greece.
Broken April was lauded by reviewers upon its release.The New York Times, reviewing it, wrote: "Broken April is written with masterly simplicity in a bardic style, as if the author is saying: Sit quietly and let me recite a terrible story about a blood feud and the inevitability of death by gunfire in my country.
In the early 1960s, nearly 20 years after the end of the Second World War, an Italian general, accompanied by a priest who is also an Italian army colonel, is sent to Albania to locate and collect the remains of his countrymen who had died during the war and return them for burial in Italy. [1]
Buragajet Castle, or Castle Burgajet, (Albanian: Kalaja e Burgajetit or Kështjella e Burgajetit, also known as the Kështjella e Zogollëve or Kështjella e Zogut) was a large fortified house, located in Burgajet in northern Mat, Albania.
Doruntine or Who brought Dorontine (originally in Albanian: Kush e solli Doruntinën) is a novel by Albanian writer Ismail Kadare. It is based on the old Albanian legend of Constantin and Doruntine .
Kështjella shqip e Kafkës, roman (a novel): Veli Karahoda: 9788677850029: Amazon.com: Books This page was last edited on 10 November 2024, at 20:17 (UTC). ...