1936 - Today
Ismail Kadare (Albanian pronunciation: [ismaˈil kadaˈɾe]; born 28 January 1936) is an Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter, and playwright. He is a leading international literary figure and intellectual. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ismail Kadare has received more than 872,685 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Ismail Kadare is the 521st most popular writer (up from 524th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Albania (down from 8th 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, Ismail Kadare ranks 521 out of 5,755. Before him are Harriet Beecher Stowe, Michel Houellebecq, Ulrich von Hutten, Giacomo Leopardi, Jostein Gaarder, and Hugo von Hofmannsthal. After him are Giorgos Seferis, Gérard de Nerval, Cassiodorus, Sidney Sheldon, Lesya Ukrainka, and T. S. Eliot.
1811 - 1896
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 515
1956 - Present
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 516
1488 - 1523
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 517
1798 - 1837
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 518
1952 - Present
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 519
1874 - 1929
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 520
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 521
1900 - 1971
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 522
1808 - 1855
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 523
487 - 583
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 524
1917 - 2007
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 525
1871 - 1913
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 526
1888 - 1965
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 527
Among people born in 1936, Ismail Kadare ranks 28. Before him are Richard Bach, Dennis Hopper, Wilt Chamberlain, Zubin Mehta, Glen Campbell, and Jim Clark. After him are Aga Khan IV, Virna Lisi, Michael Landon, Burt Reynolds, Buddy Holly, and Tariq Aziz.
1936 - Present
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 22
1936 - 2010
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 23
1936 - 1999
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 24
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 25
1936 - 2017
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 26
1936 - 1968
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 27
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 28
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 29
1936 - 2014
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 30
1936 - 1991
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 31
1936 - 2018
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 32
1936 - 1959
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 33
1936 - 2015
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 34
Among people born in Albania, Ismail Kadare ranks 9 out of 111. Before him are Safiye Sultan (1550), Anastasius I Dicorus (430), Ali Pasha of Ioannina (1750), Zog I of Albania (1895), Kara Ahmed Pasha (1450), and Ramiz Alia (1924). After him are Lütfi Pasha (1488), Sali Berisha (1944), Koca Sinan Pasha (1520), Ayas Mehmed Pasha (1483), Köprülü Mehmed Pasha (1580), and Ismail Qemali (1844).
1550 - 1619
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 3
430 - 518
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 4
1750 - 1822
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 5
1895 - 1961
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 6
1450 - 1555
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 7
1924 - 2011
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 8
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 9
1488 - 1562
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 10
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 11
1520 - 1596
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 12
1483 - 1539
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 13
1580 - 1661
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 14
1844 - 1919
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 15
Among writers born in Albania, Ismail Kadare ranks 1. After him are Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (1914), Sami Frashëri (1850), Aleksandër Stavre Drenova (1872), Dritëro Agolli (1931), Millosh Gjergj Nikolla (1911), Pashko Vasa (1825), and Ndre Mjeda (1866).
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 1
1914 - 1999
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 2
1850 - 1904
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 3
1872 - 1947
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 4
1931 - 2017
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 5
1911 - 1938
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 6
1825 - 1892
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 7
1866 - 1937
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 8