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Born January 28, 1936 • Gjirokastër • Albania
Died July 1, 2024 (aged 88) • Tirana • Albania
Awards And Honors Bukhman International Booker Prize (2005)
Notable Works “Albanian Spring: The Anatomy of Tyranny” • “Chronicle in Stone” • “Dimri i madh” • “Eskili, ky humbës i madh” • “The Castle” • “The Doll” • “The Fall of the Stone City” • “The General of the Dead Army” • “The Three-Arched Bridge” • “Twilight of the Eastern Gods”

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