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3 unusual facts about Ismail Kadare


Ismail Kadare

In English, his works have usually appeared as secondary translations from their French editions, often rendered by the scholar David Bellos.

Shefki Hysa, "The Diplomacy of self-denial" (Diplomacia e vetëmohimit), publicistic, Tirana, 2008, ISBN 978-99956-650-3-6

Miodrag Pavlović

In Pavlović's work as well as in that of the Macedonian poet Bogomil Gyuzel or the Albanian writer Ismail Kadare, there are frequent references to the ancient and medieval past.


Fatos Lubonja

He is an outspoken critic of the Albanian socio-political factors, i.e. right-wing leader Sali Berisha, Socialist Party leader Edvin Kristaq Rama, former KLA leader Ramush Haradinaj, Red and Black Alliance, and poet and novelist Ismail Kadare.


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