In one of his last interviews in October, Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare told AFP his writing helped him subvert the repression he suffered
In one of his last interviews in October, Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare told AFP his writing helped him subvert the repression he suffered
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Acclaimed Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare -- an eternal bridesmaid for a Nobel literature prize -- died Monday of a heart attack aged 88, his editor and a Tirana hospital told AFP.
Albanians will mark two days of national mourning for Ismail Kadare, their "greatest cultural monument", after the acclaimed novelist -- tipped several times for the Nobel literature prize -- died of a heart attack at a Tirana hospital aged 88 on Monday.