Ismail Kadare

Ismail Kadare (Albanian: [ismaˈil kadaˈɾe], also spelled Kadaré; 28 January 1936 – 1 July 2024) was an Albanian novelist and poet. He was known for writing short stories until the publication of his first novel, The General of the Dead Army.

Ismail Kadare
Born	(1936-01-28)28 January 1936 Gjirokastër, Kingdom of Albania (today Albania)
Died	1 July 2024(2024-07-01) (aged 88) Tirana, Albania
Occupation	Novelist, poet
Nationality	Albanian
Period	1954–2024
Notable works	The General of the Dead Army 1963 The Castle 1970 Chronicle in Stone 1971 Broken April 1978 [1][1][2] The Three-Arched Bridge 1978 The Palace of Dreams 1981 The Concert 1988 The File on H 1990 The Pyramid 1992[3]
Notable awards	Prix mondial Cino Del Duca 1992 Man Booker International Prize 2005 Prince of Asturias Awards 2009 Jerusalem Prize 2015 The Order of Légion d'Honneur 2016

In 1996, he became a lifetime member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences of France. In 2005, he won the first Man Booker International Prize and in 2016, he was Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur recipient.

Some have said that Kadare should have won the Nobel Prize in Literature. His works have been published in about 30 languages.

Kadare died of a heart attack on 1 July 2024 in Tirana, Albania at the age of 88.^[4]

References

1. Liukkonen, Petri. "Ismail Kadare". Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi). Finland: Kuusankoski Public Library. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015.
2. "Broken April – Ismail Kadare". Various journals. Amazon.com. Retrieved 6 October 2007.
3. "Central Europe Review: The Three-Arched Bridge". 10 May 1999. Archived from the original on 14 June 2006. Retrieved 23 May 2006.
4. The well-known writer Ismail Kadare passed away

Other websites

Media related to Ismail Kadare at Wikimedia Commons

• Vepra e plote e Kadarese
• National Library of Albania
• In the Palace of Nightmares’: An Exchange - New York Review of Books