Helena KADARE
BIOGRAPHY
Helena Kadare (b. 1943), also known as Elena Kadare or
Elena Gushi-Kadare, was born in Fier in central Albania. She
studied literature at the University of Tirana and worked in
journalism and the publishing industry. Kadare is the author
of numerous short stories and of the first full novel ever to
have been published in Albanian by a woman: Një lindje
e vështirë, Tirana 1970 (A difficult birth). She
is married to author Ismail Kadare and moved with him to Paris
in 1990, where her novel Një grua nga Tirana, Tirana
1994 (A woman from Tirana) appeared in French translation. |
Albanian Literature in Translation
Modern
Authors from Albania (late 20th - 21st centuries)
