Albania novelist Ismail Kadare dies aged 88

(ANSA-AFP) - TIRANA, JUL 1 - 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. (ANSA-AFP).