Albanians mourned Ismail Kadare, their “greatest cultural monument”, Monday after the acclaimed novelist – tipped several times for the Nobel Literature prize – died of a heart attack at a Tirana hospital aged 88.
Prime Minister Edi Rama led the tributes with the president of neighbouring Kosovo Vjosa Osmani hailing Kadare’s “remarkable contribution to Albanian and world literature.”
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