Helena "Elena" Kadare (; born 21 September 1943) is an Albanian screenwriter, translator and author of short stories and novels. One of the latter, 1970's ''Një lindje e vështirë'', is the first novel by a woman to have been published in Albania. ''A Woman from Tirana'' (1990) is the novel of Kadare's that is perhaps her most widely read.

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Kadare was born in

Fier Fier (; sq-definite, Fieri) is the seventh most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Fier County and Fier Municipality. It is situated on the bank of Gjanica River in the Myzeqe Plain between the Seman in the north, the Vjos ...

, in

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. She studied literature at the

University of Tirana The University of Tirana ( sq, Universiteti i Tiranës, abbreviated UT) is a public university located at the central borough of Tirana 10 in Tirana, Albania. It was established as the ''State University of Tirana'' in 1957 through merging of f ...

, and then worked in journalism and as an editor in the publishing industry. She has written numerous short stories. She also wrote the first full-length novel ever to have been published in Albanian that was the work of a woman: ''Një lindje e vështirë'', issued in Tirana in 1970 (''A Difficult Birth''). Her novel ''Një grua nga Tirana'', issued in Tirana in 1994. has been translated into French (''Une femme de Tirana'', 1995), Dutch (''Een vrouw uit Tirana'', 1996) and German (''Eine Frau aus Tirana'', 2009), as well as into English (''A woman from Tirana''). Kadare has lived in Paris, France, with her husband, the writer

Ismail Kadare Ismail Kadare (; spelled Ismaïl Kadaré in French; born on 28 January 1936) is an Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter, and playwright. He is a leading international literary figure and intellectual. He focused on poetry until the pu ...

, since 1990. Their daughter,

Besiana Kadare Besiana Kadare is an Albanian diplomat. She served as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations, a Vice President of the United Nations General Assembly for its 75th session, and A ...

, is the Albanian Ambassador to the

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, a Vice President of the

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for its 75th session, and Albania's Ambassador to

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* ''Një lindje e vështirë'' (''A Difficult Birth''), novel, 1970 * ''Një grua nga Tirana'' (''A Woman from Tirana''), novel, 1990 * ''Bashkëshortët'' (''Spouses''), novel, 2002 * ''Le temps qui manque mémoires'', 2010 * ''Kohë e pamjaftueshme'' (''Insufficient Time''), novel, 2011 * ''Një grua në Berlin: Ditar 20 prill - 22 Qershor 1945'' (''A Woman in Berlin - Anonymous (Diary April 20 - June 22, 1945''), 2016

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Robert Elsie Robert Elsie (June 29, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was a Canadian-born German scholar who specialized in Albanian literature and folklore. Elsie was a writer, translator, interpreter, and specialist in Albanian studies, being the author of numerou ...

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