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Ismail Kadare

1936 - 2024

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Ismail Kadare

His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2024). Ismail Kadare is the 312th most popular writer (up from 401st in 2024), the 7th most popular biography from Albania (down from 6th in 2019) and the most popular Albanian Writer.

Ismail Kadare is most famous for his novels. He has written many novels, but the most famous are The General of the Dead Army, The Palace of Dreams, and The Pyramid.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Ismail Kadare ranks 312 out of 7,302. Before him are Chrétien de Troyes, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Robert Musil, Claudius Aelianus, J. M. G. Le Clézio, and J. M. Coetzee. After him are Herman Melville, Max Brod, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Ernst Jünger, Antonin Artaud, and Doris Lessing.

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Chrétien de Troyes
1135 - 1185
HPI: 75.68
Rank: 306
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
1892 - 1927
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 307
Robert Musil
1880 - 1942
HPI: 75.65
Rank: 308
Claudius Aelianus
200 - 235
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 309
J. M. G. Le Clézio
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.61
Rank: 310
J. M. Coetzee
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.60
Rank: 311
Ismail Kadare
1936 - 2024
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 312
Herman Melville
1819 - 1891
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 313
Max Brod
1884 - 1968
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 314
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
1749 - 1791
HPI: 75.52
Rank: 315
Ernst Jünger
1895 - 1998
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 316
Antonin Artaud
1896 - 1948
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 317
Doris Lessing
1919 - 2013
HPI: 75.37
Rank: 318

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Ismail Kadare ranks 12. Before him are Yves Saint Laurent, Robert Redford, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Barry Barish, Amancio Ortega, and Mikhail Tal. After him are Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, Margaret Hamilton, Ken Loach, Valery Legasov, Harald zur Hausen, and John McCain. Among people deceased in 2024, Ismail Kadare ranks 11. Before him are Maggie Smith, Donald Sutherland, O. J. Simpson, Fethullah Gülen, Paul Auster, and Mário Zagallo. After him are William Anders, Alberto Fujimori, Peter Higgs, Maria Branyas, Daniel Kahneman, and Princess Birgitta of Sweden.

Others Born in 1936

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Yves Saint Laurent
FASHION DESIGNER
1936 - 2008
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 6
Robert Redford
ACTOR
1936 - 2025
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 7
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2019
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 8
Barry Barish
PHYSICIST
1936 - Present
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 9
Amancio Ortega
BUSINESSPERSON
1936 - Present
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 10
Mikhail Tal
CHESS PLAYER
1936 - 1992
HPI: 75.71
Rank: 11
Ismail Kadare
WRITER
1936 - 2024
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 12
Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy
NOBLEMAN
1936 - Present
HPI: 75.44
Rank: 13
Margaret Hamilton
BUSINESSPERSON
1936 - Present
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 14
Ken Loach
FILM DIRECTOR
1936 - Present
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 15
Valery Legasov
CHEMIST
1936 - 1988
HPI: 73.95
Rank: 16
Harald zur Hausen
BIOLOGIST
1936 - 2023
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 17
John McCain
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2018
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 18