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Ismail Kadare

Born

in Gjirokastër, Albanian Kingdom

January 28, 1936

Died

July 01, 2024

Genre

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Poetry

Influences

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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. In 1996 he became a lifetime member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences of France. In 1992, he was awarded the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca; in 2005, he won the inaugural Man Booker International Prize, in 2009 the Prince of Asturias Award of Arts, and in 2015 the Jerusalem Prize. He has divided his time between Albania and France since 1990. Kadare has been mentioned as a possible recipient for the Nobel Prize in Literature several times. His works have been published in about 30 languages.

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Average rating: 3.83 · 57,068 ratings · 6,556 reviews · 261 distinct works • Similar authors

	Broken April really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9,430 ratings — published 1978 — 89 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Palace of Dreams 3.93 avg rating — 7,187 ratings — published 1981 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The General of the Dead Army 4.01 avg rating — 5,821 ratings — published 1963 — 121 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chronicle in Stone 4.08 avg rating — 5,106 ratings — published 1971 — 86 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Siege by Ismail Kadare, David Bellos (Translator) 3.98 avg rating — 2,706 ratings — published 1970 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doruntine 3.87 avg rating — 2,131 ratings — published 1979 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Three-Arched Bridge by Ismail Kadare, John Hodgson (Translator) 3.87 avg rating — 1,826 ratings — published 1978 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Darka e gabuar 3.67 avg rating — 1,783 ratings — published 2008 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Successor by Ismail Kadare, David Bellos (Translator) 3.50 avg rating — 1,433 ratings — published 2003 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elegy for Kosovo by Ismail Kadare, Peter Constantine (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 1,305 ratings — published 1998	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Ismail Kadare (?)

“It was only a phrase that went from mouth to mouth and was never quite swallowed.”
― Ismail Kadare, Broken April

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“If an animal has to be sacrificed when a new bridge is built, what will it take to build a whole new world?”
― Ismail Kadare, Chronicle in Stone

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“And everything would be different, different.”
― Ismail Kadare, Broken April

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Cartea Lunii - Ce citim in septembrie?

Vezi rezultatele/Nimic pentru luna asta

23 votes, 32.9%

The Midnight Library, de Matt Haig

18 votes, 25.7%

Generalul armatei moarte, de Ismail Kadare

14 votes, 20.0%

The Screwtape Letters, de C.S. Lewis

6 votes, 8.6%

Onoarea pierdută a Katharinei Blum, de Heinrich Böll

5 votes, 7.1%

Suspine tandre, de Yōko Ogawa

4 votes, 5.7%

70 total votes

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