Ismail Kadare

Ismail Kadare is a world renowned Albanian writer. He was born on January 28, 1936 in Gjirokastër, Albania. He first studied at the Faculty of History and Philology at the University of Tirana and later at the Gorky Institute of World Literature in Moscow.

Books

• My Century (Shekulli Im) 1961
• The General of the Dead Army (Gjenerali i Ushtrisë së Vdekur) 1963
• Why These Mountains Brood (Përse Mendohen Këto Male) 1964
• The Wedding (Dasma) 1968
• The Castle (Kështjella) 1970
• Chronicle in Stone (Kronikë në gur) 1971
• The Great Winter (Dimri i Madh) 1977
• The Three-Arched Bridge (Ura Me Tri Harqe) 1978
• Broken April (Prilli i Thyer) 1980
• Gjakftohtësia 1980
• The File on H (Dosja H) 1981
• Literary Works (Vepra Letrare) 1981-1989
• The Concert at the End of the Winter (Koncert në Fund të Dimrit) 1988
• The Pyramid (Piramida) 1992
• Albanie 1995
• The Palace of dreams (Pallati i ëndrrave) 1996
• Poèmes 1997
• Froides Fleurs D'Avril (Spring Flower, Spring Frost)2000
• Elegy for Kosovo 2000
• The life, game and death of Lul Mazreku (Jeta, loja dhe vdekja e Lul Mazrekut) 2002