In the name of the people’: Populism in Ismail Kadare’s letters to Ramiz Alia in 1990 Cover Image

“Në emër të popullit”: Populizmi në letërkëmbimin e Ismail Kadaresë me Ramiz Alinë në vitin 1990
In the name of the people’: Populism in Ismail Kadare’s letters to Ramiz Alia in 1990

Author(s): Enis Sulstarova
Subject(s): Politics, Political history, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Shtëpia botuese “UET Press”
Keywords: Ismail Kadare; Ramiz Alia; 1990; letters; populism; politics; Albania;

Summary/Abstract: The article displays the logic of populism in the letters exchanged during 1990 beteen the riter Ismail Kadare and the leader of the Party of Labor of Albania, Ramiz Alia. The correspondence took place at the dan of democratic movement in the country and today it can be considered as a testimony of the breach opening beteen the Party leadership and reformist intellectuals. The attempt by Kadare to become the representative voice of intellectuals and the people vis-à-vis the poet of the Party, undermined the Party’s position as the leader of the masses.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 91-102
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Albanian