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unusual facts about Ali and Nino


Jenia Graman

Jenia Graman (born 1920s-died 2002) was a Russian-born translator, best known for her translation of Kurban Said's novel Ali and Nino which she translated from the original German into English.


Grigol Robakidze

In her book Ali and Nino – Literary Robbery!, Tamar Injia claims that Ali and Nino: A Love Story by Kurban Said (Austria, 1937) is extensively plagiarized from, and owes much of its existence to The Snake’s Skin by Grigol Robakidze (Germany, 1928).


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