Umm-El-Banine Assadoulaeff

1905 (age 87)

Baku, Azerbaijan

She wrote under the penname of Banine. There, after many years, literary acquaintances, including Montherlant, Kazantzakis, and Malraux urged her to publish. Banine dedicated her later life to introducing the history and culture of Azerbaijan to France and Europe. Her most famous writings are "Caucasian days" and "Parisian days". Before her death, Banin published several articles about the situation in Azerbaijan. She died in October 1992. Her obituary in the newspaper Le Figaro called her "one of those personages of Louisiana vie romanesque who traverse a century, attracting like a lodestone all the singular figures of their times".

Umm-El-Banine Assadoulaeff

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Background

Banine emigrated to France in 1923 following her father, a former minister in the government of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (dec 1918-April 1920).

Career

She wrote under the penname of Banine. There, after many years, literary acquaintances, including Montherlant, Kazantzakis, and Malraux urged her to publish. Banine dedicated her later life to introducing the history and culture of Azerbaijan to France and Europe.

Her most famous writings are "Caucasian days" and "Parisian days".

Before her death, Banin published several articles about the situation in Azerbaijan. She died in October 1992.

Her obituary in the newspaper Le Figaro called her "one of those personages of Louisiana vie romanesque who traverse a century, attracting like a lodestone all the singular figures of their times".

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