Helena Kadare

Helena Kadare
Born 1943 (age 74–75)
Fier, Albanian Kingdom (now Albania)
Occupation Novelist
Nationality Albanian
Literary movement Postmodern literature
Notable awards Autorja e Vitit 2011 (Author of the Year in Albania)[1]

Helena "Elena" Gushi Kadare (born 1943 in Fier, Albania) is an Albanian author of short stories and novels.[2] One of these, 1970's Një lindje e vështirë, is the first by a woman to have been published in Albania. Kadare has lived in Paris with her husband Ismail Kadare since 1990.[3]

Works

  • "Një lindje e vështirë" (A difficult birth), Novel, 1970
  • "Një grua nga Tirana" (A woman from Tirana), Novel, 1990 ISBN 99927-45-13-4
  • "Bashkëshortët" (Spouses), Novel, 2002 ISBN 99927-45-77-0
  • "Kohë e pamjaftueshme" (Insufficient time), Novel, 2011 ISBN 978-99956-87-51-9

See also

References

  1. ↑ Shpërndahen çmimet në Panairin e Librit, Helena Kadare “Autorja e Vitit”, Gazeta Sot, 2011-11-12
  2. ↑ Profile of Helena Kadare
  3. ↑ http://www.albanianliterature.net/authors/modern/kadare-h/index.html

Further reading

Kadare, Helena. Kohë e pamjaftueshme, Tirana: Onufri, 2011. ISBN 978-9995687519 (Also available in French)

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