Ismail Kadare bibliography explained

The following is a list of the publications of Albanian writer Ismail Kadare (1936–2024).

English translations

• A Girl in Exile (sq|E penguara)
• Agamemnon's Daughter (sq|Vajza e Agamemnonit)
• Broken April (sq|Prilli i thyer)
• Chronicle in Stone (sq|Kronikë në gur)
• Doruntine (The Ghost Rider) (sq|Kush e solli Doruntinën?)
• Elegy for Kosovo (sq|Tri këngë zie për Kosovën)
• Spiritus (novel)
• Spring Flowers, Spring Frost (sq|Lulet e ftohta të marsit)
• Twilight of the Eastern Gods (sq|Muzgu i perëndive të stepës)
• The Blinding Order (sq|Qorrfermani)
• The Concert (sq|Koncert në fund të dimrit)
• The Fall of the Stone City (sq|Darka e Gabuar)
• The File on H (sq|Dosja H: roman)
• The General of the Dead Army (sq|Gjenerali i ushtrisë së vdekur) ^[1]
• The Palace of Dreams (sq|Pallati i ëndrrave) ^[1]
• The Pyramid (sq|Piramida) ^[2]
• The Siege (sq|Kështjella) ^[1]
• The Successor (sq|Pasardhësi) ^[1]
• The Traitor's Niche (sq|Kamarja e turpit) ^[1]
• The Three-Arched Bridge (sq|Ura me tri harqe) ^[1]
• Essays on World Literature: Aeschylus • Dante • Shakespeare (sq|Tri sprova mbi letërsinë botërore)
• Stormy Weather on Mount Olympus (sq|Stinë e mërzitshme në Olimp)^[3]
• The Accident (sq|Aksidenti) ^[1]
• (sq|Kukulla) ^[1]
• A Dictator Calls (sq|Kur sunduesit grinden) ^[1]

Albanian

Novels and novellas

• Gjenerali i ushtrisë së vdekur (The General of the Dead Army) (1963)
• Përbindëshi (The Monster) (1965)
• Dasma (The Wedding) (1968)
• Kështjella (The Siege) (1970)
• Kronikë në gur (Chronicle in Stone) (1971)
• Dimri i vetmisë së madhe (The Winter of Great Solitude) (1973)
• Nëntori i një kryeqyteti (November of a Capital) (1975)
• Muzgu i perëndive të stepës (Twilight of the Eastern Gods) (1976)
• Komisioni i festës (The Feast Commission) (1978)
• Ura me tri harqe (The Three-Arched Bridge) (1978)
• Kamarja e turpit (The Traitor's Niche) (1978)
• Prilli i thyer (Broken April) (1980)
• Kush e solli Doruntinën? (The Ghost Rider) (1980)
• Pallati i ëndrrave (The Palace of Dreams) (1981)
• Nata me hënë (A Moonlit Night) (1985)
• Viti i mbrapshtë (The Dark Year) (1984)
• Krushqit janë të ngrirë (The Wedding Procession Turned to Ice) (1983)
• Koncert në fund të dimrit (The Concert) (1988)
• Dosja H. (The File on H.) (1989)
• Qorrfermani (The Blinding Order) (1991)
• Piramida (The Pyramid) (1992)
• Hija (The Shadow) (1994)
• Shkaba (The Eagle) (1995)
• Spiritus (1996)
• Qyteti pa reklama (The City with no Signs) (1998, written in 1959)
• Lulet e ftohta të marsit (Spring Flowers, Spring Frost) (2000)
• Breznitë e Hankonatëve (2000)
• Vajza e Agamemnonit (Agamemnon's Daughter) (2003)
• Pasardhësi (The Successor) (2003)
• Jeta, loja dhe vdekja Lul Mazrekut (Life, Game and Death of Lul Mazreku) (2003)
• Çështje të marrëzisë (A Question of Lunacy) (2005)
• Darka e Gabuar (The Fall of the Stone City) (2008)
• (A Girl in Exile) (2009)
• Aksident (The Accident) (2004)
• Mjegullat e Tiranës (Tirana's Mists) (2014, originally written in 1957–58)
• Kukulla (The Doll) (2015)^[4]

Poetry

• Frymëzime djaloshare (1954)^[5]
• Ëndërrimet (1957)^[5]
• Princesha Argjiro (1957)
• Përse mendohen këto male (1964)^[5]
• Motive me diell (1968)^[6]
• Koha (1976)^[7]
• Ca pika shiu ranë mbi qelq (2004)
• Pa formë është qielli (2005)
• Vepra poetike në një vëllim (2018)

Essays

• Autobiografia e popullit në vargje (The People's Autobiography in Verse) (1971)^[6]
• Eskili, ky humbës i madh (Aeschylus, The Lost) (1985)^[6]
• Ftesë në studio (Invitation to the Writer's Studio) (1990)^[6]
• Nga një dhjetor në tjetrin (Albanian Spring) (1991)^[6]
• Legjenda e legjendave (1996)^[6]
• Kushëriri i engjëjve (The Angels' Cousin) (1997)
• Kombi shqiptar në prag të mijëvjeçarit të tretë (The Albanian Nation on the Threshold of the Third Millennium) (1998)
• Unaza në kthetra (The Ring on the Claw) (2001)
• Poshtërimi në Ballkan (Abasement in the Balkans) (2004)^[6]
• Identiteti evropian i shqiptarëve (The European Identity of Albanians) (2006)^[6]
• Dantja i pashmangshëm (Dante, The Inevitable) (2006)^[6]
• Hamlet, le prince impossible (Hamlet, The Impossible Prince) (2007)^[6]
• Don Kishoti në Ballkan (Don Quixote in the Balkans) (2009)^[8]
• Mosmarrëveshja, mbi raportet e Shqipërisë me vetveten (2010)
• Mbi krimin në Ballkan; Letërkëmbim i zymtë (On Crime in the Balkans)(2011)^[9]
• Çlirimi i Serbisë prej Kosovës (Serbia's Liberation from Kosovo) (2012)
• Mëngjeset në Kafe Rostand (Mornings in Cafe Rostand) (2014)
• Arti si mëkat (Art as a Sin) (2015)
• Uragani i ndërprerë: Ardhja e Migjenit në letërsinë shqipe (The Interrupted Hurricane: The Advent of Migjeni in Albanian Literature) (2015)
• Tri sprova mbi letërsinë botërore (Essays on World Literature) (2017)
• Kur sunduesit grinden (When Rulers Quarrel) (2018)

Story collections

• Emblema e dikurshme (1977)^[6]
• Ëndërr mashtruese (1991)^[10]
• Tri këngë zie për Kosovën (1998)^[6]
• Vjedhja e gjumit mbretëror (1999)
• Përballë pasqyrës së një gruaje (2001)^[11]
• Bisedë për brilantet në pasditen e dhjetorit (2013)
• Koha e dashurisë (Rrëfim Trikohësh) (2015)
• Proza e shkurtër, në një vëllim (2018)

See also

• Kadare Prize
• Albanian literature

Notes and References

1. Web site: Books by Ismail Kadare and Complete Book Reviews . 1 July 2024 . PublishersWeekly.com . en . 1 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240701195154/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/authorpage/ismail-kadare.html . live .
2. Web site: Central Europe Review: The Three-Arched Bridge . 10 May 1999 . 23 May 2006 . 14 June 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060614215622/http://www.ce-review.org/books/books_old_kadare.html . usurped .
3. Web site: Translating Ismail Kadare for the Stage: Stormy Weather on Mount Olympus, by Fabrice Conte-Williamson . 1 July 2024 . World Literature Today . en . 4 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231004055644/https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2021/winter/translating-ismail-kadare-stage-stormy-weather-mount-olympus-fabrice-conte-williamson . live .
4. Web site: Ismail Kadare Biography, Books, & Facts . Britannica . 3 July 2024 . en . 1 July 2024 . 24 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180124202226/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ismail-Kadare#ref1287254 . live .
5. Web site: Ismail Kadare. Albanian Literature. 25 April 2021. 9 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161009161151/http://www.albanianliterature.net/authors/modern/kadare-i/index.html. live.
6. Book: Cox . John . The Literary Encyclopedia: Albanian and Kosovar Writing and Culture . 2010 . 1.7.2 . https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=11957 . 2 July 2024 . en . Ismail Kadare . 21 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230921222033/https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=11957 . live .
7. News: Gjeniu i veprave shqipe: Biografia e Ismail Kadaresë . 3 July 2024 . Nacionale . 3 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240703164541/https://nacionale.com/kulture/gjeniu-i-veprave-shqipe-biografia-e-ismail-kadarese . live .
8. Web site: Kadare . Ismail . Don Kishoti në Ballkan . ExLibris . 13–15 . 3 July 2024 . 3 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240703164545/https://exlibris.al/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/EXLIBRIS_287.pdf . live .
9. Web site: Ismail Kadare mbi Krimin në Ballkan – Dielli The Sun . Gazeta Dielli . 1 July 2024 . 3 July 2024 . 1 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240701171243/https://gazetadielli.com/ismail-kadare-mbi-krimin-ne-ballkan/ . live .
10. Web site: Krisja Kadareane, një "ëndërr mashtruese" . Arteka.al . 2 July 2024 . sq . 28 January 2021 . 9 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231209181106/https://arteka.al/krisja-kadareane-nje-enderr-mashtruese/ . live .
11. Web site: Caka . Nebi . Caka . Ali . KORPUSI I GJUHËS SHQIPE – REZULTATET E PARA, PROBLEMET DHE DETYRAT . November 2011 . 2 July 2024 . 3 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240703164544/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248703450_KORPUSI_I_GJUHES_SHQIPE_-_REZULTATET_E_PARA_PROBLEMET_DHE_DETYRAT . live .