Ismail Kadare, the colossus of Albanian letters whose works were translated into 45 languages of the world

2024-07-01 09:40:00, Kulturë CNA

Ismail Kadare, the colossus of Albanian letters whose works were translated into

Ismail Kadare, photo taken from Google

Ismail Kadare, the colossus of Albanian literature, passed away on Monday morning in his apartment in the capital. He was found dead by his family members.

Ismail Kadare with his pen has made us all proud, being widely known in different countries of the world.

We emphasize that Kadare is among the only Albanian writers with international recognition and his works have been translated into 45 languages.

Before Kadare, Albanian literature was little known in the world, but thanks to him it became known, read and valued.

For the first time in its history, through it, Albanian literature has been integrated into European and world literature, and is decently represented on their map. Thus, the literature of Kadare has made a valuable contribution to the creation of the national language and literature.

He became known outside the Albanian territories at the beginning of 1970, when the French publishing house "Albin Michel" published the novel "The General of the Dead Army" in French.

He wrote and published the novels "Castle" (1970) and "Chronicle in Stone" (1971), which were published in France one after the other.

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He is the laureate of many national and international literary awards. In 1992 he was awarded the "Prix Mondial Cino Del Duca".

In 2005, he won the "Man Booker Prize" nominated alongside Nobel laureates Günter Grass, Garbiel Garcia Marquez, Kenzaburo Oe, etc.

In 2009 he was awarded the Spanish "Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts" - the most important literary award in Spanish countries, and one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world. In 2010, Ismail Kadare was honored in Italy with the "Lerici Pea" award.

In 1996 Kadare became a life member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences in France. He became a member of the Academy of Sciences of Albania, a member of the Academy of Sciences of Kosovo and from 2018 an external member of the Academy of Sciences of Montenegro.

Ismail Kadare has been decorated by the institution of the President of the Republic of Albania with the "Honour of the Nation" Order and by the French state with the "Cross of the Legion of Honor" and "Officer of the Legion of Honor" orders.

Foreign authors in their respective native languages ??such as Eric Faye and Jean-Paul Champseix in French, Piet de Moor in Dutch, Peter Morgan in English, Bernardo Joffily in Portuguese, Jose Carlos Rodrigo Breto in Spanish, and Ece Dillioglu in Turkish.

Ismail Kadare has been a candidate for the "Nobel" Prize in Literature several times and recently received the highest French decoration, on January 1, 2020, from the President of France, Macron, "Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor"./ CNA