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Ismail Kadare
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Ismail Kadare

Author · born January 28, 1936 · died 2024

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Ismail Kadare was an Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter and playwright. He was a leading international literary figure and intellectual, focusing on poetry until the publication of his first novel, The General of the Dead Army, which made him famous internationally.

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  1. ~69Received the International Booker Prize2005
  2. ~79Received the Jerusalem Prize2015
  3. ~84Received the Neustadt International Prize for Literature2020

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