Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare won the inaugural Man Booker International Prize in 2005, becoming the first writer to receive the honor and cementing his status as Albania's most internationally celebrated author.
Record no. MRB-2026-006527
Ismail Kadare, First Man Booker International Prize Winner
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