Ismail Kadare, an Albanian novelist and poet who crafted a richly layered literature of resistance, drawing global attention to his isolated Balkan nation while cloaking critiques of the country ...

Kadare received the inaugural International Booker Prize in 2005. In his books, the prolific Albanian author offered a window into the psychology of oppression. Here’s where to start.

Ismail Kadare, the Albanian author who defied the Communist regime in the small Balkan nation, died on July 1. Although Kadare belongs to the illustrious group of dissidents and critics of an ...

Ramona Koval: Let's talk translation and specifically, of the somewhat obscure Albanian writer Ismail Kadare, winner of the inaugural Man Booker International Prize, that's worth 60,000 British ...

FILE - Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare arrives at the Elysee Palace to receive the France’s Legion d’Honneur medal by French President Francois Hollande, in Paris, on May 30, 2016.

Ismail Kadare, the Albanian author who defied the Communist regime in the small Balkan nation, died on July 1. Although Kadare belongs to the illustrious group of dissidents and critics of an ...

In a 1985 essay on the tragedian Aeschylus, the Albanian writer Ismail Kadare argued that the most remarkable thing about the ancient Greeks—even more than their invention of philosophy and ...

Ismail Kadare (spelled Ismaïl Kadaré in French; born 28 January 1936) is an Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter, and playwright. He is a ...

By Ismail Kadare, translated by John Hodgson. Counterpoint. 240 pages. We may earn a commission when you buy products through the links on our site. Buy Book. Amazon Barnes & Noble Books a Million ...

Ismail Kadare, Albanian author who took on communist rule, dies at 88. While writing under a dictatorship, he won widespread acclaim for novels such as “The General of the Dead Army.” ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian novelist and poet Ismail Kadare, whose irreverent works from inside communist Albania earned him international renown and repression from the country's ...