10.3 Business and Opportunities - Ibsen's Plays in Azeri

Autumn 2002 (10.3)
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Business and Opportunities
Ibsen's Plays in Azeri

For the first time, Azerbaijanis have the opportunity to read four of Ibsen's plays in Azeri Latin: "Hedda Gabler", "A Doll's House", "The Wild Duck" and "Ghosts". These plays appear in a new book called "Sechma Dramlari" (Selected Drama Works), financed by the Norwegian Ibsen Committee and published in Baku by the "Science and Life" Publication House. The four Ibsen plays were translated from Russian to Azeri by Azad Aliyev. 362 pages. Azerbaijan currently has a great need for international classics to be translated and published in Azeri Latin. This volume from Norway is among the first such efforts to be undertaken. For a list of other works that the Azerbaijan's Writers' Union is eager to make available in Azeri Latin, search for "Classics" at AZER.com. The Ibsen plays are available from the Norwegian Embassy, emb.baku@mfa.no.