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    Ismail Kadare (Albanian: [ismaˈil kadaˈɾe]; 28 January 1936 – 1 July 2024) was an Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter, and playwright. He...
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  • The following is a list of the publications of Albanian writer Ismail Kadare (1936–2024). A Girl in Exile (Albanian: E penguara) ISBN 978-1-61902-916-3...
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    Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare was named the inaugural International Prize winner in 2005. Head judge, Professor John Carey said Kadare is "a universal...
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    daughter of writers Helena Kadare and Ismail Kadare. Kadare is the daughter of writers Helena Kadare and Ismail Kadare. Kadare holds a master's degree in...
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  • The Pyramid (Albanian: Piramida) is a 1992 novel written by Ismail Kadare. It is considered to serve both literary and dissident purposes. It is a political...
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  • The General of the Dead Army (novel) (category Novels by Ismail Kadare)
    ushtrisë së vdekur) is a 1963 novel by then 26-year-old Albanian writer Ismail Kadare and his most critically acclaimed. He was encouraged to write it by...
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  • began with the poem "Mall" by internationally acclaimed Albanian poet Ismail Kadare, interpreted by actor Viktor Zhusti and accompanied by piano music performed...
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    birthplace of former Albanian communist leader Enver Hoxha, and author Ismail Kadare. The city appears in the historical record dating back in 1336 by its...
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  • The Concert is a 1988 historical novel by Ismail Kadare. Originally titled Koncert në fund të dimrit (transl. The Concert in the End of Winter) in Albanian...
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    of Time of the Comet (2008) based on the novel A Difficult Year by Ismail Kadare. Throughout the film, Lusha's dialogue was in a specific Albanian dialect...
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  • Broken April (category Novels by Ismail Kadare)
    Prilli i thyer) is a novel by Albanian author Ismail Kadare. Published in 1978, the book explores one of Kadare's recurring themes: how the past affects the...
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  • long-distance runner Ismail Jumaih (born 1991), Maldivian performer Ismail Jussa (born 1971), Zanzibari politician Ismail Kadare (1936-2024), Albanian...
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  • translation in 2005 for his translations of works by Albanian author Ismail Kadare, despite not speaking Albanian. His translations were done from previous...
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  • based on the 1978 novel Broken April written by the Albanian writer Ismail Kadare, about the honor culture in the North of Albania. Co-produced by Brazil...
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  • The Siege is a historical novel by Albanian author Ismail Kadare, first published in 1970 in Tirana as Kështjella (The Castle). It concerns the siege...
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  • Kadare or Kaddare is the surname of the following people: Besiana Kadare (born 1972), Albanian Ambassador to the UN, daughter of Helena and Ismail Helena...
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  • drama/black comedy film adapted from the 1985 novel by Albanian author Ismail Kadare titled Black Year (Albanian: Viti i Mbrapshtë). The film was directed...
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  • Albanian writer and inaugural International Man Booker Prize winner Ismail Kadare. It is the second part of a diptych of which the first part is the novella...
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    (France) 2016: Lars Gustafsson (Sweden) 2017: Pierre Michon (France) 2018: Ismail Kadare (Albania) 2019: Juan Octavio Prenz [es] (Argentina) 2020: not assigned...
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  • country without electricity. 1 July – Internationally-acclaimed author Ismail Kadare dies in a hospital in Tirana at the age of 88. 5 July – Dhionisios Alfred...
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  • The Palace of Dreams (category Novels by Ismail Kadare)
    (Albanian: Pallati i ëndrrave) is a 1981 novel by the Albanian writer Ismail Kadare. Set ostensibly in the Ottoman Empire, but in a deliberately imprecise...
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  • Bertrand Tavernier. It was inspired by the novel by Albanian writer Ismail Kadare titled The General of the Dead Army. Set in October 1920, it tells the...
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    ways. Some survived, such as the poet Xhevahir Spahiu and the writer Ismail Kadare, who ultimately defected to France to escape the regime and its Sigurimi...
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  • Japanese playwright, 84 May 13 – Alice Munro, Canadian writer, 92 July 1 – Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer, 88 July 28 – Edna O'Brien, Irish writer, 93 September...
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  • directed by Luciano Tovoli and based on the 1963 novel by Albanian author Ismail Kadare. Marcello Mastroianni as General Ariosto Anouk Aimée as Countess Betsy...
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  • The File on H. (category Novels by Ismail Kadare)
    The File on H. is a novel by the Albanian author Ismail Kadare. It was first published in Albanian in 1981 under the title Dosja H. Jusuf Vrioni translated...
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    (15 December 2020). "Why Should We Read Ismail Kadare?". World Literature Today. Liukkonen, Petri. "Ismail Kadare". Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi)...
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  • prose version The legend has been narrated also: As a novel written by Ismail Kadare named in Albanian Who brought Doruntine back? (Albanian: Kush e solli...
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  • Harapi (1888–1946) Ervin Hatibi (born 1974) Irhan Jubica (born 1973) Ismail Kadare (1936–2024) Karmel Kandreva (1931–1982) Veli Karahoda (born 1968) Teodor...
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  • from Tirana). Kadare has lived in Paris, France, with her husband, the writer Ismail Kadare, since 1990. Their daughter, Besiana Kadare, is the Albanian...
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