Gudar Beqiraj, the head of Albania’s Academy of Science, describes Kadare, whose works have been translated into more than 40 languages, as the best representative of Albanian art and culture
TIRANA, Dec. 14 – Ismail Kadare, Albania’s most internationally acclaimed author and has been nominated once again for the Nobel Prize for Literature, this time from Albania’s Academy of Science which received an invitation from the Nobel Committees to submit a candidate for next year’s award.
Gudar Beqiraj, the head of Albania’s Academy of Science, describes Kadare, whose works have been translated into more than 40 languages, as the best representative of Albanian art and culture.
An internationally renowned poet, novelist, essayist, Ismail Kadare has been perennial candidate for the Nobel Prize for literature.
The 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Swedish poet Tomas Transtr
