Helena Kadare

Helena Kadare
BornHelena Gushi
(1943-09-21) 21 September 1943 (age 81)
Fier, Albanian Kingdom
OccupationWriter
NationalityAlbanian
Literary movementPostmodern literature
Notable worksNjë lindje e vështirë
Notable awardsAutorja e Vitit 2011 (Author of the Year in Albania)[1]
SpouseIsmail Kadare
Children2, 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.

  1. ^ Shpërndahen çmimet në Panairin e Librit, Helena Kadare “Autorja e Vitit”, Gazeta Sot, 12 November 2011
  2. ^ "Helena Kadare, biografia e libri censiti in Albania Letteraria". Albanian News.
  3. ^ "Elena Kadare | Viennale". viennale.at.
  4. ^ "Helena KADARE". Albanian Literature.