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  1. en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ismail_KadareIsmail Kadare - Wikipedia

    Ismail Kadare (Albanian: [ismaˈil kadaˈɾe]; 28 January 1936 – 1 July 2024) was an Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter, and playwright. He was a leading international literary figure and intellectual.

  2. www.britannica.com › biography › Ismail-KadareIsmail Kadare | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica

    Jul 3, 2024 · Ismail Kadare was an 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.

  3. www.nytimes.com › 2024/07/01 › obituariesIsmail Kadare Dies at 88; Novels Brought Albania’s Plight to the...

    Jul 1, 2024 · Ismail Kadare, the Albanian novelist and poet who single-handedly wrote his isolated Balkan homeland onto the map of world literature, creating often dark, allegorical works that obliquely...

  4. www.washingtonpost.com › obituaries › 2024/07/02Ismail Kadare, Albanian author who took on communist rule, dies...

    Jul 2, 2024 · Ismail Kadare, an Albanian novelist and poet who crafted a richly layered literature of resistance, drawing global attention to his isolated Balkan nation while cloaking critiques of the...

  5. www.reuters.com › world › acclaimed-albanian-novelist-ismail-kadare-dies-88/2024/07-01Albania's best-known novelist Ismail Kadare dies at 88

    Jul 1, 2024 · 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 a heart...

  6. www.nytimes.com › 2024/07/01 › booksIsmail Kadare’s Best Books: A Guide - The New York Times

    Jul 1, 2024 · Ismail Kadare, the most celebrated Albanian author in a generation, was a prolific writer who often found ways to criticize the country’s totalitarian state, despite the risks involved....

  7. www.lemonde.fr › en › obituariesIsmail Kadare, the great Albanian writer, dies aged 88 - Le...

    Jul 1, 2024 · Translated into over 45 languages and winner of the most prestigious literary prizes (Man Booker, Prince of Asturias, Jerusalem Prize), Kadare died in Tirana on Monday, July 1, aged 88. He was ...

  8. www.lemonde.fr › en › cultureAcclaimed Albanian writer Ismail Kadare dies aged 88 - Le...

    Jul 1, 2024 · Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare died Monday of a heart attack aged 88, his editor and a Tirana hospital told Agence France-Presse (AFP).

  9. www.goodreads.com › author › showIsmail Kadare (Author of Broken April) - Goodreads

    Ismail Kadare (also spelled Kadaré) was an Albanian novelist and poet. He has been a leading literary figure in Albania since the 1960s. He focused on short stories until the publication of his first novel, The General of the Dead Army.

  10. www.telegraph.co.uk › obituaries › 2024/07/01Ismail Kadare, Albania's most famous writer whose barbed fables...

    Jul 1, 2024 · Ismail Kadare, who has died aged 88, was Albania’s most successful writer, both at home and abroad. In Albania, over a million of his books have been sold, one for every three Albanians.