TIRANA, July 3 /ATA/ – The esteemed Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare was laid to rest in Tirana on Wednesday.
State officials, politicians and prominent arts and literature figures from Albania and Kosovo, and many mourners gathered to pay their last respects.
Kadare’s white rose coffin was carried out of the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet amid applauds after the public tributes ceremony and made its way to the public cemetery in Tufina in a private ceremony attended by the family members and relatives only, as requested by his spouse Helena.
Kadare passed away at 88 on June 1, leaving behind a profound legacy that has forever shaped the landscape of literature.
Albanian government had declared two days of national mourning in honor of the giant of the Albanian literature.
The state ceremony, organized by the Prime Minister’s Office, saw the attendance of the highest officials, including Prime Minister Edi Rama, President Bajram Begaj, and Speaker of the Assembly Lindita Nikolla, alongside ministers, cultural figures, and diplomats. Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani and Prime Minister Albin Kurti also attended and paid their last respects.
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