Ismail Kadare (Ismail Kadaré in French) (born January 28, 1936) is an Albanian writer. He is known for his novels, although he was first noticed for his poetry collections. He has been a leading literary figure in his own country since the 1960s. In the 1960s he focused on short stories until the publication of his first novel, The General of the Dead Army. In 1996 he became a lifetime member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences of France. In 1992, he was awarded the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca; in 2005, he won the inaugural Man Booker International Prize and in 2009 the Prince of Asturias Award of Arts. He has divided his time between Albania and France since 1990. Kadare has been a Nobel Prize in Literature candidate several times. He began writing very young, in the mid 1950s. His works have been published in about thirty languages. - Wikipedia
Opusi i tanishëm, që i paraqitet publikut shqiptar në njëzet vëllime, është, pa dyshim, më i ploti i Ismail Kadaresë. Duke lënë jashtë vetëm një pjesë të papërfillshme të krijimtarisë, kryesisht shkrime Të rinisë së hershme dhe disa herë krijime që, sipas gjykimit të autorit, nuk plotësojnë kriteret e duhura artistike.
Vepra e Kadaresë, në letërsinë shqipe, është më e pasura, njëherësh, dhe më e larmishmja e shekullit XX, emblemë e identitetit dhe e origjinalizmit të saj në botë. Edhe kritikat e studimet në gjuhët e tjera, prej kohësh dhe në vazhdim, e cilësojnë ndër të mëdhatë, parësore, një nga përfaqësueset e letërsisë europiane të shekullit XX, mbështetur nga...
Janë përfshirë poezi të shkruara mbi 60 vjet më parë duke u mbyllur me poemën "Tirana në dimër', 2005. Veç përzgjedhjes nga librat e njohur si: "Ëndërrimet" 1957, "Lirika", botuar rusisht, Moskë 1961, "Shekulli im", "Përse mendohen këto male", "Motive me diell", "Koha", "Ftesë në studio" janë përfshirë dhe poezi të panjohura, nxjerrë nga arkivi privat i...
Ky vëllim përmbledh tri ese të famshme të Ismail Kadaresë që u kushtohen po aq kryeveprave të pavdekshme të letërsisë së të gjitha epokave, nga ajo antike (Eskili), në atë mesjetare (Dante), deri te ajo moderne (Shekspiri).
The Chinese intend to punish their interfering little ally discreetly. But is the Sino-Albanian axis about to come adrift? This is Kadare’s surreal black comedy about the inner sanctums of political power and the mysterious causal chains that transform ordinary lives.
Agamemnon's Daughter, written in Albania in the 1980s and smuggled into France a few pages at a time, reveals a world where fear is an instrument of power, but the individual survives despite the odds.From the winner of the first Man Booker International Prize comes a searing story of love denied, then shattered under the chilling wheels of the state.
Then a visiting honeymoon couple cross the path of the fugitive. The bride's heart goes out to Gjorg, and even these 'civilised' strangers from the city risk becoming embroiled in the fatal mechanism of vendetta.
But unbeknownst to her, Konstandin has been dead for years. What follows is chain of events which plunges a medieval village into fear and mistrust. Who is the ghost rider?
As the tension builds and rumours escalate, Kadare draws us into a nightmarish world controlled by rules no one understands, blending dream and reality to produce a mystery and a thriller that seduces and surprises up to the last page.
Through the boy’s eyes, we see the terrors of World War II as he witnesses fascist invasions, allied bombings, partisan infighting, and the many faces of human crueltyas well as the simple pleasures of life.
In the early fifteenth century, as winter falls away, the people of Albania know that their fate is sealed. They have refused to negotiate with the Ottoman Empire, and war is now inevitable.
