Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare passes away

Tirana: Acclaimed Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare died Monday of a heart attack aged 88, his editor and a Tirana hospital told AFP.
Doctors tried to revive the writer when he was brought to a Tirana hospital with "no signs of life", but he was declared dead at 8:40 am (0640 GMT) local time, the hospital said.

Editor and publisher Bujar Hudhri confirmed his death.

Kadare is known for his works like The General of the Dead Army, Broken April, Chronicle in Stone and The Palace of Dreams.  
(AFP)