As News.Az reports, National Literature Award established in Azerbaijan.
They also have an interview with the founder of the award, Nigar Kocharli -- with a headline that offers a hard-to-top understatement: National Book Award founder: Not all Azerbaijan's best authors are known abroad.
Of course, she doesn't help matters by not mentioning a single Azeri author in the interview, and responding to questions about any with evasive answers:
Which young Azerbaijani authors do you think could interest Western readers?Add a Comment
We have very interesting young writers. This year our publishing house has released an anthology of works by 13 young Azerbaijani authors. I am happy that the anthology has become a bestseller. Currently we are negotiating over distribution of the anthology in Russia and we have also received a proposal from France to translate the book into French.
