The author of dozens of books translated into dozens of languages was feted abroad, in France especially – but some at home were less forgiving of...

The author of dozens of books translated into dozens of languages was feted abroad, in France especially – but some at home were less forgiving of...

Albanian novelist and poet Ismail Kadare, whose irreverent works from inside communist Albania earned him international renown and repression from the...

Albanian novelist and poet Ismail Kadare, whose irreverent works from inside communist Albania earned him international renown and repression from the...

The anthologist pays tribute to the late writer, reflecting on how Kadare’s use of the ancient past to make sense of the present renders him...

PM pays tribute to country’s best-known novelist as coffin is covered in national flag and flowers

TIRANA, Albania (AP) - Renowned Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare has died after being rushed to a hospital in Tirana, his publishing editor said on...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) - Renowned Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare has died after being rushed to a hospital in Tirana, his publishing editor said on...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Renowned Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare has died after being rushed to a hospital in Tirana, his publishing editor said on...

His allegorical stories, informed by life under state communism, drew international praise but he insisted that he was not a political writer