Helena Kadare | |
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Born | Helena Gushi 21 September 1943 Fier, Albanian Kingdom |
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Albanian |
Literary movement | Postmodern literature |
Notable works | Një lindje e vështirë |
Notable awards | Autorja e Vitit 2011 (Author of the Year in Albania)[1] |
Spouse | Ismail Kadare |
Children | 2, including Besiana |
Helena "Elena" Kadare (née Gushi; born 21 September 1943) is an Albanian screenwriter, translator and author of short stories and novels.[2][3] One of the latter, 1970's Një lindje e vështirë, is the first novel by a woman to have been published in Albania.[4] A Woman from Tirana (1990) is the novel of Kadare's that is perhaps her most widely read.