Ismail Kadare, Albanian author who took on communist rule, dies at 88 While writing under a dictatorship, he won widespread acclaim for novels such as “The General of the Dead Army.” He ...

Ismail Kadare, 88, Dies; His Novels Brought Albania’s Plight to the World Often compared to Orwell and Kafka, he walked a political tightrope with works that offered veiled criticism of his ...

Albanian novelist and poet Ismail Kadare, whose irreverent works from inside communist Albania earned him international renown and repression from the country’s dictatorship, has died in Tirana ...

BELGRADE (Reuters) -Ismail Kadare, an acclaimed Albanian novelist and playwright who defied his country's longtime Communist rulers through his writing, has died in a Tirana hospital after having ...

Thousands of people have paid their last respects to Ismail Kadare in a state funeral in Tirana Wednesday, with a minute’s silence held nationwide in memory of the renowned Albanian novelist and ...

Ismail Kadare, 88, Dies; His Novels Brought Albania’s Plight to the World Often compared to Orwell and Kafka, he walked a political tightrope with works that offered veiled criticism of his ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian novelist and poet Ismail Kadare, whose irreverent works from inside communist Albania earned him international renown and repression from the country's ...

Renowned Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare has died after being rushed to a hospital in the country's capital, Tirana.