Ismail Kadare, Internationally famous Albanian writer. Nominated several times for Nobel Prize. He has been awarded with: "Prix mondial Cino Del Duca" ," Man Booker International Prize", "Prince of Asturias" and the "Jerusalem Prize".

Ismail Kadaré

“I had three choices: to conform to my own beliefs, which meant death; complete silence, which meant another kind of death; to pay a tribute, a bribe. I chose the third solution by writing The Long Winter.”

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Writing is neither a happy nor an unhappy occupation—it is something in-between. It is almost a second life ... You have to live first, experience life, and later write about it.” —Ismail Kadare http://tpr.ly/qdvnby