TIRANA, October 10/ATA/ Paris City Council voted unanimously yesterday evening to put a plaque with the name and in honor of the colossus of Albanian letters Ismail Kadare.
The plaque will be put at 63 boulevard Saint-Michel in Paris, the place where he and his family lived for many years and where the author wrote some of the most beautiful pages of his literature.
The Embassy of Albania to France appreciated this vote as a lively and emotional tribute to the colossus of Albanian letters Ismail Kadare and through him, Albania and Albanian culture.
The colossus of Albanian literature Ismail Kadare passed away on July 1 last year at the age of 88.
Ismail Kadare’s works have been translated and published in over 45 foreign languages and he is the most famous Albanian writer in the world. In 1994, he became a corresponding member of the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences. The winner of many awards, in 2005 he received “The Booker Prize Man”.
Ismail Kadare has been decorated with the Order of “Honor of the Nation” and by the French state with the Order of “Cross of the Legion of Honor”, as well as other awards and honors.
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