PM pays tribute to country’s best-known novelist as coffin is covered in national flag and flowersThousands of Albanians have gathered in Tirana to pay tribute to their country’s best-known novelist, Ismail Kadare, who died on Monday after a heart atta…
The anthologist pays tribute to the late writer, reflecting on how Kadare’s use of the ancient past to make sense of the present renders him essential readingIsmail Kadare, giant of Albanian literature, dies aged 88A life in quotes: Ismail KadareIsmail…
One of Albania’s greatest writers who explored the ugliness and dignity of this ancient and long-oppressed nationIsmail Kadare, who has died aged 88, was the best known Albanian writer of his own generation and all others, and one of the most remarkabl…
Ismail Kadare, the Albanian writer who explored Balkan history and culture in poetry and fiction, has died aged 88. Here are some of the most memorable quotes from interviews he gave throughout his lifeIsmail Kadare, giant of Albanian literature, dies …
His allegorical stories, informed by life under state communism, drew international praise but he insisted that he was not a political writerIsmail Kadare, the Albanian writer who explored Balkan history and culture in poetry and fiction spanning more …
