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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.
BELGRADE (Reuters) -Ismail Kadare, an acclaimed Albanian novelist and playwright who defied his country's longtime Communist rulers through his writing, has died in a Tirana hospital after having ...
Renowned Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare has died after being rushed to a hospital in Tirana, his publishing editor said on Monday. Kadare has long been mentioned as a possible contender for the ...
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian novelist and poet Ismail Kadare, whose irreverent works from inside communist Albania earned him international renown and repression from the country's dictatorship, has died in Tirana, his publishing editor said Monday. He was 88.
Thousands pay their respects to renowned Albanian writer Ismail Kadare at his state funeral 07/03/2024 12:22 -0400 TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of people paid their last respects to Ismail Kadare in a state funeral held in Tirana Wednesday, with a minute's silence held nationwide in memory of the renowned Albanian novelist and poet who ...
The severance of Albanian-Soviet relations in November 1961, a consequence of the "Great Winter," becomes a surprising fact for several characters that Kadare has placed in his novel. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The first version of the novel, published in 1973, was titled "The Winter of Great Solitude" (Albanian: "Dimri i Vetmisë së Madhe").
Besiana Kadare (born 1972) - Albanian Ambassador to the United Nations; Ismail Kadare (1936—2024) – novelist and poet, winner of the 2005 Man Booker International Prize, the 2009 Prince of Asturias Award, and the 2015 Jerusalem Prize. Kledi Kadiu (born 1974) – dancer and actor; lives and works in Italy
Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare was awarded the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor title by French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday. In a long speech describing Kadare's different novels ...