Banine


Born
in Baku, Azerbaijan
December 18, 1905

Died
October 23, 1992

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Umm-El-Banine Assadoulaeff (Umm Əl-Banu Əsədullayeva)was a French writer of Azeri descent - a granddaughter of two famous Azeri millionaire Musa Nagiyev and Shamsi Assadullaev, a daughter of Azerbaijani businessman and politician Mirza Asadullayev. She wrote under the penname of Banine.

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Days in the Caucasus

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Parisian Days

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Тінь Юнґера

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Nami

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J'Ai Choisi L'Opium

3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1959 — 9 editions
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Rencontres avec Ernst Jünger

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Après

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La France Etrangère

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L'appel de la dernière chance

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Portrait d'Ernst Jünger

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“Мне вновь придется вернуться назад, прошлое про-должает удивлять меня, воспитанную одновременно в восточных, немецких и русских традициях. Мечтательная, нелюдимая, с дурным характером – все это я. Порой воспоми-нания кажутся мне чужими. Как будто все происходило не со мной… Я захожу в собственную память, словно гость, а не хозяйка… Баку остался в ней далеким миражом, а моя семья кажется выдуманной. Возвращая свои мысли в воспоминания, я порой испытывала наслаждение, а порой – горечь и растерянность. Прежде я была счастлива. Но счастье иссякло, я стала замкнутой и нелюдимой, мне было одиноко рядом со старшими сестрами.”
Banine, Jours Caucasiens

“... comme la plupart des enfants, j'étais animiste et prêtais généreusement des âmes aux choses et aux plantes. Pour moi, des objets, inanimés pour d'autres, se peuplaient de sentiments et je courais leur dire bonjour. Avec moi ils ne faisaient pas les morts ; ils répondaient dans un langage simple, mais suffisant pour qui savait entendre. Mais peu de gens le comprenaient ...”
Banine, Jours Caucasiens

“Comprendre ne veut pas dire pardonner !”
Banine, Jours Parisiens

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