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NAASR's Mardigian Library Treasures — #FranzWerfel

Franz Werfel's "The Forty Days of Musa Dagh"

Franz Werfel's "The Forty Days of Musa Dagh"

Franz Werfel’s novel Die Vierzig Tage des Musa Dagh (The Forty Days of Musa Dagh), originally published in Berlin by Paul Zsolnay Verlag in 1933, is undoubtedly the most famous work of literature that focuses on the Armenian Genocide. We pause to remember the contribution Werfel (1890-1945) made, in the year 2020 which marks the 130th anniversary of his birth and the 75th anniversary of his death.

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