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Emmanuel Macron honors Ismail Kadare/ hands him the "Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor" decoration

2023-10-16 20:44:00, Kulturë CNA

Emmanuel Macron honors Ismail Kadare/ hands him the "Grand Officer of the

The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, decorated this Monday the Albanian pen master, Ismail Kadare.

After arriving in Tirana, Macron presented our distinguished writer with the "Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor" decoration.

During the decoration ceremony, Macron spoke highly of Kadare, citing his contribution to literature without being censored by the communist regime.

"You were made to live in Paris. But at the bottom of the suitcase you didn't bring bottles of wine, even more intoxicating, you brought books, books, books. Kamyna and many others.

In our country you have made many friendships. With your publisher, who had taken his personal conscience to the extent that he had learned Albanian, he kept copies of your manuscripts so that your voice could speak to the living if something happened to you.

In Tirana, your departure brought the first student protests, since 40 years ago, you contributed to the great awakening of the peoples that lifted the iron curtain. Since then, from the capital of France to the capital of Albania, finally returned to democracy, returned to itself, you have divided your existence between words and things, between people and places, in a fluctuating movement between our two nations, the vibration of which does not line up.

You refused to abandon your people, you preferred to deceive the censorship, to move the drama of Albania to old myths and legends. You reinvent a literature with which you deceived the regime," said the French president, among other things./ CNA





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