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Ismail Kadare (Albanian pronunciation: [ismaˈil kadaˈɾe]; born 28 January 1936) is an Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter, and playwright. He is a leading international literary figure and intellectual.
Ismail Kadare, Albanian novelist and poet whose work explored his country’s history and culture and gained an international readership. In 2005 he became the first winner of the Man Booker International Prize. Learn more about Kadare’s life and work, including his notable books.
- Peter R. Prifti
Ismail Kadare, winner of the 2020 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, headlines the Winter 2021 issue + a special section on contemporary Hebrew literature gathers eleven writers from Israel and beyond.
Mar 11, 2024 · A Dictator Calls is a novel by Ismail Kadare, winner of the inaugural International Booker Prize, that explores the relationship between writers and tyranny through a fictionalised phone call between Stalin and Pasternak in 1934. The web page provides a synopsis, character profiles, critical reviews and discussion points for this fascinating and thought-provoking work.
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- January 28, 1936
- Broken April.
- The Palace of Dreams.
- The General of the Dead Army.
- Chronicle in Stone.
Learn about the life and works of Ismail Kadare, the Albanian poet and novelist who won the inaugural Man Booker International Prize in 2005. Explore his themes of dictatorship, power and literature through his books, interviews and features.
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Ismail Kadare is Albania’s best-known poet and novelist. In 2005 he was awarded the inaugural Man Booker International Prize for “a body of work written by an author who has had a truly global impact.”
