Besides these discussions, the novel Ali and Nino is a very important work where aesthetic value and social events are taken into consideration. It is still a matter of discussion whether Kurban Said's name is Yusuf Vezir Cemenzeminli or Lev Nussimbaum whose real name is M.

This volume collects twelve new essays on different aspects of the text by scholars from a variety of disciplines and cultural backgrounds.ĪNALYSIS OF THE NOVEL ALI AND NINO BY GENETIC STRUCTURE METHOD Abstract Ali and Nino, which is considered as a national novel in Azerbaijani Literature, was published in German by Tal Publisher in 1937 in Vienna under the pseudonym of Kurban Said and later on translated into many other languages. Reiss’s discovery has spurred new interest in the novel, as has the fact that the book prefigures today’s perceived conflicts between East and West or Islam and Christianity, but also suggests a more peaceful model of intercultural living in multiethnic Baku’s melting pot of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Recent research by the journalist Tom Reiss has revealed the identity of the author as Lev/Leo Nussimbaum (1905–1942), a Jewish man born in Baku who converted to Islam, worked as a journalist in Berlin, and died forgotten in exile. It was a major success, translated into several other languages, but was forgotten by the end of World War II.

'Ali and Nino' is a novel published in German in 1937 under the alias “Kurban Said,” a love story between a Muslim man and a Christian woman set in Baku, Azerbaijan, during World War I and the country’s brief independence. Introduction to 'Approaches to Kurban Said’s Ali and Nino: Love, Identity, and Intercultural Conflict', Camden House, June 2017.

Ali and nino by kurban said