Helena Kadare

Helena Kadare
Born	1943 Fier, Albanian Kingdom (now Albania)
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	Albanian
Literary movement	Postmodern literature
Notable awards	Autorja e Vitit 2011 (Author of the Year in Albania)[1]

Helena "Elena" Gushi Kadare (born in 1943 in Fier, Albania) is an Albanian author of short stories and novels.^[2] One of these, 1970's Një lindje e vështirë, is the first by a woman to have been published in Albania. Kadare has lived in Paris with her husband Ismail Kadare since 1990.

Works

• "Një lindje e vështirë" (A difficult birth), Novel, 1970
• "Një grua nga Tirana" (A woman from Tirana), Novel, 1990 ISBN 99927-45-13-4
• "Bashkëshortët" (Spouses), Novel, 2002 ISBN 99927-45-77-0
• "Kohë e pamjaftueshme" (Insufficient time), Novel, 2011 ISBN 978-99956-87-51-9

See also

• Albanian literature
• National Library of Albania
• Works of Helena Kadare

References

1. Shpërndahen çmimet në Panairin e Librit, Helena Kadare “Autorja e Vitit”, Gazeta Sot, 2011-11-12
2. Profile of Helena Kadare

Further reading

Kadare, Helena. Kohë e pamjaftueshme, Tirana: Onufri, 2011. ISBN 978-9995687519 (Also available in French)

External links

• Biography, by Robert Elsie