Today and tomorrow are days of national mourning. Flags at half mast in honor of the writer Ismail Kadare

2024-07-02 07:58:52Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Today and tomorrow are days of national mourning. Flags at half mast in honor of
ismail Kadare

Today and tomorrow, Albania is in national mourning in honor of the colossus of Albanian literature, Ismail Kadare, who passed away the day before at the age of 88. In all state and public institutions, the flag is lowered to half-mast, while the decision for national mourning was taken at the proposal of Prime Minister Edi Rama.

Kadare will be escorted to his last residence tomorrow with a state ceremony, while the tributes will be held in the premises of the Opera and Ballet Theater from 09.00 to 11.00 and from 11.30 to 12.30. Meanwhile, at 13.00 on Wednesday, all activities will be stopped and a minute of silence will be held in honor of the colossus of Albanian letters.

State television will broadcast funeral music during the tributes, while a special state commission has been set up to organize the tributes.

Ismail Kadare, one of the most brilliant contemporary writers, several times nominated for the "Nobel" prize in literature, passed away at the age of 88, on the morning of July 1. Kadare suffered "cardio-respiratory arrest" at his home and died at the QSUT hospital in Tirana. 

Born on January 28, 1936 in Gjirokastër, where he completed secondary education; Language - Literature in Tirana, then two years of studies in Moscow at the Institute of World Literature "Maxim Gorki", Kadare is a leading representative of Albanian literature around the world and has been translated into 45 languages. In recent years, he shared between France and Albania.

The writer recently received the highest French decoration, on January 1, 2020, from the President of France, Macron, "Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor". He has been honored with many international prizes, including the "Man Booker International" Prize in 2005, the "Princesa de Asturias" Prize for the Arts in 2009 and the "Jerusalem" Prize in 2015. The author of 71 works, he is known mainly for prose, but with contribution also in dramaturgy, poetry and translations.  


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