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"Ali & Nino" by Kurban Said
Covers of editions published in 37 languages


The Azerbaijan International Collection - 2014

Albanian
Arabic
Azeri
Bengali
Bulgarian
Catalan
Chinese (Taiwan, 2010)
Chinese (PRC, 2007)
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English



Finnish
French
Georgian
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Lithuanian


Norwegian
Persian
Polish
Portuguese (Brazil)
Portuguese (Portugal)
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Slovenian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
Urdu


Also: (1) English (Braille, Talking Books for Blind and Dyslexic, and Large Print)
and (2) Swedish
(Talking Books for the Blind)

Who wrote Azerbaijan's Most Famous Novel - "Ali and Nino"?
Entire issue Azerbaijan International, Vol 15:2-4 (2011)


ali and nino, Albanian 2009
Albanian
2009

ali va ninou, arabic 1970
Arabic
1970

ali va nino, Arabic, 2002
Arabic
2002

ali va ninou, arabic 2003
Arabic
2003


Arabic Ali & Nino 2010Arabic
2010

ali and nino, AZERI, 1972
Azeri
1972

ali and nino, ali va nino, Azeri 1990
Azeri
1990

ali and nino, ali va nino, Azeri 1993
Azeri
1993

ali and nino, ali va nino, Azeri, 2004
Azeri
2004

ali and nino, azeri, 2004
Azeri
2004

ali and nino, azeri 2006
Azeri
2006

ali and nino, Azeri 2007Azeri
2007

ali and nino, azeri 2008Azeri
2008

ali va nino, azeri 2010
Azeri
2010

Azeri Ali & Nino 2012
Azeri

2012

ali and nino, ali o'Nino, Bengali 1995
Bengali
1995

ali and nino, bangla, bengali 2003
Bengali
2003

ali and nino, bengali, bangla, 2004
Bengali
2004

ali and nino, bengali 2008Bengali
2008

Bulgarian Ali & Nino
Bulgarian
2010

ali and nino, catalan, 2001
Catalan
2001

ali and nino, ali yu ninuo, cantonese, 2007
Chinese
(PRC)
2007

Chinese-Taiwan Ali & Nino
Chinese
(Taiwan)
2010

ali and nino, ali a nino, czech, 1939
Czech
1939

ali and nino, czech 2006
Czech
2006

ali and nino, danishDanish
2008

ali and nino, ali en nino, 1938
Dutch
1938

ali and nino, ali en nino, dutch 1974
Dutch
1974

ali and nino, ali en nino, 1981 dutch
Dutch
1981

ali and nino, ali en nino, 1991
Dutch
1991

ali and nino, ali en nino, 2002
Dutch
2002

ali and nino, ali en nino, dutch, 2004
Dutch
2004

ali en nino, dutch, 2010
Dutch
2009


ali and nino, 1970
English
(US) 1970

ali and nino, english 1970
English
(UK) 1970


ali and nino, uk 1971
English
(UK) 1971

ali and nino, canada 1972
English
(Canada)
1972

ali and nino, english 1990
English
(US) 1990

ali and nino, english, 1990
English
(UK) 1990

ali and nino, proof, 1996
English
(US) 1996
(proof)

ali and nino, 1996
English
(US) 1996


ali and nino, 1996 proof
English

(US) 1996
(proof)

ali and nino, 1996
English
(US) 1996


ali and nino, large print, 2000
English
2000
(large print)

ali and nino, proof 2000English
(US) 2000
(proof)

ali and nino, 2000
English
(US) 2000

ali and nino, english 2000
English
(UK) 2000


English
(US) 2013
(coming)

ali and nino, ali y nino, finnish, 1972
Finnish
1972

ali and nino, ali ya nino, finnish 2000
Finnish
2000

ali and nino, ali et nino, french, 1973
French
1973

ali and nino, ali et nino, french, 1973
French
1973

ali and nino, ali et nino, french 2002
French
2002

ali and nino, ali et nino, french 2006French
2006

ali and nino, ali da nino, georgian, 2002
Georgian
2002

ali and nino, ali da nino, georgian 2004
Georgian
2004

ali and nino, ali und nino, german 1937
German
1937
ORIGINAL

ali and nino, ali und nino, german 1973
German
1973

ali and nino, ali und nino, german 1973
German
1973

German
1973

ali and nino, ali und nino, german 1973
German
1973

ali and nino, ali und nino, german 1981
German
1981

ali and nino, ali und nino, german, 1989
German
1989

ali and nino, ali und nino, german, 1992
German
1992

ali and nino, ali und nino, german, 1994
German
1994

ali and nino, ali und nino, german, 2000
German
2000

ali and nino, ali und nino, 2001
German
2001

ali and nino, ali und nino, german 2002
German
2002

ali and nino, ali und nino, german, 2003
German
2003

ali and nino, ali und nino, German 2009German
2009

ali and nino, ali kai nino, greek, 2002
Greek
2002

ali and nino, hebrew, 2001
Hebrew
2001

ali and nino, ali es nino, hungarian, 2002
Hungarian
2002

ali dan nino, indonesian, 2004Indonesian
2004

ali and nino, ali khan, italian, 1944
Italian
1944

ali and nino, ali e nina, italian 2000
Italian
2000

ali and nino, ali e nina, italian, 2003
Italian
2003

ali and nino, japanese, 1974
Japanese
1974

ali and nino, japanese, 2001
Japanese
2001

ali and nino, korean, 2005
Korean
2005


Lithuanian
2012

ali and nino, ali og nino, norwegian, 2005
Norwegian
1972

ali and nino, ali og nino, norwegian, 2005Norwegian
2005

ali and nino, ali va ninou, persian, farsi, 1992
Persian
1983

ali and nino, ali va ninou, Persian, Farsi, 1992
Persian
1992

ali and nino, ali i nino, polish, 1938
Polish
1938

ali i nino, polish 1938Polish
1938

ali and nino, ali i nino polish 2004
Polish
1938

ali and nino, ali e nino, portuguese brazilian 2000
Portuguese
2000
(Brazil)

ali and nino, ali e nino, portuguese, 2004
Portuguese
2004
(Continental
)

ali and nino romania 2010 Romanian
2013

Ali and Nino - Russian
Russian
1994

ali and nino, ali i nino, russian 2002
Russian
2002

ali and nino, ali i nino, russian 2003Russian
2003
ali and nino, ali i nino, russian 2004Russian
2004
ali and nino, ali i nino, russian 2004
Russian
2004

ali and nino, ali i nino, russian, 2004
Russian
2004

ali and nino, ali i nino, russian 2007
Russian
2007
ali and nino, ali i nino, russian, 2008Russian
2008
russian ali and nino 2010
Russian
2010

ali and nino, ali i nino, serbian, 2003Serbian
2003

Ali and Nino, Ali in Nino, Slovenian, 2008
Slovenian
2008
 
ali and nino, ali y nino, spanish 1973Spanish
1973 
ali and nino, ali y nino, spanish 2000Spanish
2000

Spanish
2001
spanish ali and nino 2012
Spanish
2012
ali and nino, swedish 1938Swedish
1938  
ali and nino, swedish 1938Swedish
1938
ali and nino, swedish 1973
Swedish
1973
ali ve nino, turkish 1971Turkish
1971
ali ve nino, turkish 2004
Turkish
2004

ali ve nino, turkish, 2005
Turkish
2005

Ali and Nino, Urdu, 1994
Urdu
1993 
             

"Ali and Nino" is the story of an Azerbaijani youth who falls in love with a Georgian princess. Essentially, the book is a quest for truth and reconciliation in a world of contradictory beliefs and practices - Islam and Christianity, East and West, age and youth. Much of the novel is set in Baku's Old City (Ichari Shahar) on the eve of the Bolshevik Revolution in 1918. The novel was first published in 1937, in a foreign country (Austria), in a foreign language (German), by someone using the pen name of Kurban Said (Gurban Said, in Azeri).

Unfortunately, the cover artwork for the various editions of "Ali and Nino" too often perpetrates stereotypes about the Caucasus. For example, the narrative makes only slight mention of camels, yet they often appear on the cover. Istanbul does not figure into the action, but Hagia Sophia is used to represent Islam. Ali describes his princess as "the most beautiful girl in the world with the most beautiful nose and slim - far too slim for the taste of the Orient." Perhaps the artists didn't read that part.

Often a young girl is featured on the cover, though the strongest character development comes through the eyes and voice of Ali, a very sensitive, searching lad, not Nino. And though Ali loses his life in battle against the oncoming Bolsheviks, it's still hard to imagine him with a turban on his head as warrior. Turban?!

For guidelines for collecting this book, see
"How to Collect Kurban Said's Novel".
"Ali & Nino Walking Tour," Summer 2004 issue (AI 12.2)

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3 Review: Paul Goble: "Not Just a Question of Authorship: A Literary Excavation
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4 Editorial: The World of "Ali and Nino" ­ It's Our World too! ­ Betty Blair (AI 12.2)
5 Review: Inside the Soul of a Caucasian ­ Elin Suleymanov (AI 12.2)
6 Baku City Tour: "Ali and Nino" Walking Tour - Fuad Akhundov and Blair (AI 12.2)
7 Photo Essay: Then & Now: Baku 100 Years Ago at the Peak of Oil Baron Period (AI 12.2)
8 Article: How to Collect Kurban Said's Novel "Ali and Nino" ­ Betty Blair (AI 12.3)
9 Letter to Editor: Copyright - Leela Ehrenfels (AI 12.4)
10 Letter: "Ali & Nino" Rediscovered - Ismail Kafescioglu (AI 10.3)

Drama of "Ali & Nino" (English) contact Ned Bobkoff: <nedbobkoff@msn.com>


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