Kadare biography
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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.
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]
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Ismail Kadare
Albanian writer (1936–2024)
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Kadare, c. 1990s | ||||||
| Born | (1936-01-28)28 January 1936 Gjirokastër, Kingdom of Albania | |||||
| Died | 1 July 2024(2024-07-01) (aged 88) Tirana, Albania | |||||
| Occupation | Novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter, playwright | |||||
| Nationality | Albanian; French[1] | |||||
| Citizenship | Albania; Kosovo | |||||
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| Period | 1954–2020 | |||||
| Genre | Subjective realism, dystopia, satire, parable, myth, fable, folk-tale, allegory, and legend. | |||||
| Subjects | Albanian history, Albanian människor beliefs, Communism, Ottoman Empire, Totalitarianism | |||||
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| Notable awards | Prix mondial Cino sektion Duca 1992 Man Booker International Prize 2005 Prince of Asturias Award 2009 Jerusalem Prize 2015 Order of Legion of Honour 2016 Park Kyong-ni Prize 2019 Neustadt International Prize for Literature 2020 | |||||
| Spouse | Helena Gushi | |||||
| Children | 2, including Besiana | |||||
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| Relatives | H • Albanian AuthorsIsmail KADARE
Ismail Kadare (b. 1936) is at present the only Albanian writer to enjoy a broad international reputation. His talents both as a poet and as a prose writer have lost none of their innovative force over the last three decades. Born and raised in the museum-city of Gjirokastra, Kadare studied in the Faculty of History and Philology at the University of Tirana and subsequently at the Gorky Institute of World Literature in Moscow until 1960 when relations between Albania and the Soviet Union soured. He had begun his literary career in the 1950s as a poet with verse collections such as the modest Frymëzimet djaloshare, Tirana 1954 (Youthful inspiration) and Ëndërrimet, Tirana 1957 (Dreams) which gave proof not only of his 'youthful inspiration' but also of talent and poetic originality. His influential Shekulli im, Tirana 1961 (My century), helped set the pace for renewal in Albanian verse. Përse mendohen këto male, Tirana 1964 (What a | |||||