Ismail Kadare House In Gjirokastra

About Ismail Kadare House

The Ismail Kadare House is the house in Gjirokastra were the famous Albanian writer Ismail Kadare was born and and raised. The house is now a museum which is open to the public. In his book “Chronicle in Stone” Kadare described every corner of the house, where he would sit close to the window as a little boy, while watching World War II taking place in the outside world.

The house was originally built in 1799 and renovated after it was declared a cultural monument in 1991. The house opened to the public on 28th January 2018, on the 80th birthday of Kadare.