Ismail Kadare — Classmates
Chinghiz Aitmatov
1928
– 2008
· Age 79
Deceased
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
1932
– 2017
· Age 84
Deceased
Sali Berisha
1944
· Age 81
Alive
Bujar Nishani
1966
– 2022
· Age 55
Deceased
Bella Akhmadulina
1937
– 2010
· Age 73
Deceased
Ilir Meta
1969
· Age 56
Alive
V
Victor Pelevin
1962
· Age 63
Alive
Maithripala Sirisena
1951
· Age 74
Alive
Konstantin Simonov
1915
– 1979
· Age 63
Deceased
Lina Kostenko
1930
· Age 95
Alive
Rasul Gamzatov
1923
– 2003
· Age 80
Deceased
Rexhep Meidani
1944
· Age 81
Alive
Fatos Nano
1952
– 2025
· Age 73
Deceased
Nambaryn Enkhbayar
1958
· Age 67
Alive
Fazil Iskander
1929
– 2016
· Age 87
Deceased
Yurii Andrukhovych
1960
· Age 65
Alive
Nexhmije Hoxha
1921
– 2020
· Age 99
Deceased
Gennadiy Aygi
1934
– 2006
· Age 71
Deceased
Konstantin Fedin
1892
– 1977
· Age 85
Deceased
Margarita Aliger
1915
– 1992
· Age 77
Deceased
Vizma Belševica
1931
– 2005
· Age 74
Deceased
Yuri Bondarev
1924
– 2020
· Age 96
Deceased
Jozefina Topalli
1963
· Age 62
Alive
Fazu Aliyeva
1932
– 2016
· Age 83
Deceased
Pandeli Majko
1967
· Age 58
Alive
Robert Rozhdestvensky
1932
– 1994
· Age 62
Deceased
Aleksandër Meksi
1939
· Age 86
Alive
Uladzimir Nyaklyayew
1946
· Age 79
Alive
Hovhannes Shiraz
1915
– 1984
· Age 68
Deceased
Natalya Varley
1947
· Age 78
Alive
Yury Trifonov
1925
– 1981
· Age 55
Deceased
Arta Dade
1953
· Age 72
Alive
V
Vasily Belov
1932
– 2012
· Age 80
Deceased
Paruyr Sevak
1924
– 1971
· Age 47
Deceased
Fatos Kongoli
1944
· Age 82
Alive
Laura Mersini-Houghton
1969
· Age 57
Alive
Ion Druță
1928
– 2023
· Age 95
Deceased
Qaysin Quli
1917
– 1985
· Age 67
Deceased
E
Elvira Dones
1960
· Age 65
Alive
Nikolay Rubtsov
1936
– 1971
· Age 35
Deceased
Y
Ylli Bufi
1948
· Age 77
Alive
V
Vilson Ahmeti
1951
· Age 74
Alive
Yulia Drunina
1924
– 1991
· Age 67
Deceased
Mariya Stepanova
1972
· Age 53
Alive
Yulia Latynina
1966
· Age 59
Alive
Ibrāhīm Kūnī
1948
· Age 78
Alive
Mimi Kodheli
1964
· Age 61
Alive
Viktor Rozov
1913
– 2004
· Age 91
Deceased
Y
Yury Kazakov
1927
– 1982
· Age 55
Deceased
Akram Aylisli
1937
· Age 88
Alive