Since its creation in 2005 Prize has been given to Albania's Ismail Kadare and Nigeria's Chinua Achebe. Kardare (2005) has been a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature and is considered to be one of the greatest writers of world contemporary literature. Achebe (2007) is the acclaimed Nigerian novelist, poet, professor and critic, best known for his first novel, “Things Fall Apart” (1958). __
