![]() In 1992, he was awarded the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca in 2005, he won the inaugural Man Booker International Prize, in 2009 the Prince of Asturias Award of Arts, and in 2015 the Jerusalem Prize. In 1996 he became a lifetime member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences of France. He focused on short stories until the publication of his first novel, The General of the Dead Army. He has been a leading literary figure in Albania since the 1960s. ![]() Ismail Kadare (also spelled Kadaré) is an Albanian novelist and poet. As a portrait of war, it resonates across the centuries and confirms Ismail Kadare as one of our most significant writers. Brilliantly vivid, as insightful as it is compelling, The Siege is an unforgettable account of the clash of two great civilisations. The Siege tells the enthralling story of the weeks and months that follow – of the exhilaration and despair of the battlefield, the constantly shifting strategies of war, and those whose lives are held in balance, from the Pasha himself to the technicians, artillerymen, astrologer, blind poet and harem of women that accompany him. From this moment on, the world is waiting to hear that the fortress has fallen. Brightly coloured banners, hastily constructed minarets and tens of thousands of men fill the plain below. Soon enough dust kicked up by Turkish horses is spotted from a citadel. ![]() They have refused to negotiate with the Ottoman Empire, and war is now inevitable. ![]() In the early fifteenth century, as winter falls away, the people of Albania know that their fate is sealed. ![]()
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