Ismail Kadare (
1936-) was born on
January 28 on
Gjirokaster[?],
Albania. He is probably the most well known Albanian writer. Kadare has studied at the
Faculty of History and Philology[?] at the
University of Tirana[?] and at the
Gorky Institute of World Literature[?] in
Moscow. After feeling threatened by the communist regime in Albania, he moved to
France in October
1990, just before the collapse of the regime. In
1999 Kadare returned to Albania. He has has received many literature awards, is a member of the
French Association of Writers[?], and has been nominated for the
Nobel Prize. Some of his greatest works (some published in France) include: