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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.
The Concert is a 1988 historical novel by Ismail Kadare.Originally titled Koncert në fund të dimrit (transl. The Concert in the End of Winter) in Albanian, the novel treats the events leading to the break in Albanian-Chinese diplomatic relations in the period 1972–1978.
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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.
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 ...
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The General of the Dead Army (Albanian: Gjenerali i ushtrisë së vdekur) is a 1963 novel by then 26-year-old Albanian writer Ismail Kadare and his most critically acclaimed. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was encouraged to write it by Drago Siliqi , literary critic and director of the state-owned publishing house Naim Frashëri .