Ismaïl Kadaré 
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Ismaïl Kadaré 
Author

* 28.01.1936, Gjirokastra, Albanija
živi v: Paris, Francija

Ismail Kadaré is an Albanian writer, frequently mentioned as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, a leading figure of Albanian cultural life from the 1960s. During the terror of the Hoxha regime, Kadaré disclosed the true character of totalitarian rule and doctrines of socialist realism with subtle allegories, although as a committed Marxist he officially supported the liberation of Albania from its backward past.

Not only the “magic realism” of his prose, but also his poems feature pictures of immense power and beauty.

Ismail Kadaré was born in the museum-city of Gjirokastra, in southern Albania. His father worked in the civil service. Kadare grew up during the years of World War II, witnessing the occupation of his home country by fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union. He attended primary and secondary schools in Gjirokastra, and went on to study languages and literature at the Faculty of History and Philology of the University of Tirana. In 1956 Kadaré received a teacher's diploma. He also studied at the Gorky Institute of World Literature in Moscow.

Kadaré served as a delegate to the People's Assembly in 1970 and he was given freedom to travel and to publish abroad. A few months before the collapse of the communist regime in 1990, Kadaré emigrated to Paris where he has lived with his family ever since.

In 2005 Kadaré was awarded the Man Booker International Prize.

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