Ismail Kadare

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in Gjirokastër, Albania

January 28, 1936

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Ismail Kadare (also spelled Kadaré) is 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: 3.84 · 30,481 ratings · 3,095 reviews · 190 distinct works • Similar authors

	Broken April 4.02 avg rating — 4,342 ratings — published 1978 — 55 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 by Ismail Kadare, Arshi Pipa (translator), David Bellos (Revision) 4.09 avg rating — 3,003 ratings — published 1971 — 52 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 4.03 avg rating — 2,995 ratings — published 1963 — 81 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 3.97 avg rating — 3,174 ratings — published 1981 — 58 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) 3.97 avg rating — 1,737 ratings — published 1970 — 52 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) 3.86 avg rating — 1,148 ratings — published 1978 — 36 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 3.91 avg rating — 1,245 ratings — published 1979 — 28 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) 3.47 avg rating — 961 ratings — published 2003 — 32 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 File on H. by Ismail Kadare, David Bellos (Translator), Jusuf Vrioni (Translator) 3.79 avg rating — 844 ratings — published 1981 — 25 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
	Spring Flowers, Spring Frost by Ismail Kadare, David Bellos (Translator) 3.28 avg rating — 954 ratings — published 2000 — 24 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

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Diptych (2 books)
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Ismail Kadare,

David Bellos (Translator)

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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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“And everything would be different, different.”
― 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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