Kurban Said (pronounced kur-BAHN sa-EED), is the pseudonym for the author of Ali and Nino, a novel originally published in 1937 in the German language by the Austrian publisher, E.P. Tal. The novel currently has been published in more than 30 languages. The true identity of the author who wrote as Kurban Said is in dispute.

Books by Kurban Said

Ali and Nino

by Kurban Said

Out of print for nearly three decades until the hardcover re-release last year, Ali and Nino is Kurban Said's masterpiece. It is a captivating novel as evocative of the exotic desert landscape as it is of the passion between two people pulled apart by culture, religion, and war.