Ismail Kadare, an acclaimed Albanian novelist and playwright known for defying dictatorship, has passed away at the age of 88 after suffering a heart attack in Tirana. Kadare's works were praised for their allegorical criticism of Albania's totalitarian state.
Ismail Kadare, the Albanian novelist and poet who single-handedly wrote his Balkan homeland onto the map of world literature, creating often dark, allegorical works that obliquely criticized the country's totalitarian state, died on Monday. https://t.co/KKCay4uEU0
Acclaimed Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare dies at 88 https://t.co/r8K5a3sjG0 https://t.co/gCzw6D35HZ
🔵 ACCLAIMED ALBANIAN NOVELIST ISMAIL KADARE DIES AT 88 Ismail Kadare, an acclaimed Albanian novelist and playwright who opposed the long rule of late Communist dictator Enver Hoxha, has died in a Tirana hospital after having a heart attack, local television cited his editor as…
Albania's Kadare, whose novels defied dictatorship, dies aged 88 ➡️ https://t.co/FyPxRWSfM9 https://t.co/8rnaBJAGqA
Sad news. Ismail Kadare RIP. Such a great writer https://t.co/M8ifQmGtwc
Ismail Kadare dies. A part of ourselves is gone with him. The greatest modern Albanian writer has had immense impact on our childhood, our adulthood, our imagination and our understanding of the world, not only language. Condolences dear @besiana_kadare, rest of family & friends. https://t.co/Z54mVpWrTO