Fahri Erdinç
1917'de (1 Ocak) Akhisar'da doğdu. Babası, Ankara kökenli Çandıroğulları ailesinden, öğretmen Halil Yaşar'dı. Annesi, Erdinç'i dünyaya getirdikten bir yıl sonra veremden öldü. Sonradan, bu kaybın, anasızlığın bilincine varmak, üvey analı kalabalık bir aile ortamında büyümek, çocukluk uykularının çoğunu alan tütüncülük çilesi ve giderek bir yıl da tenekeci çıraklığı, ilkokul öğrencisi Erdinç'i vaktinden önce olgunlaştırdı ve yaşamı daha yakından tanımasına yol açtı.
1930'da Balıkesir Öğretmen Okuluna girdi. 1936-37 ders- yılında Afyon'un Sandıklı ilçesinin Ürküt köyünde öğretmenli-ğe başladı. Buradaki üç çalışma yılı, mesleksel uğraşların dışında, köyü kasıp kavuran bir gerici hocayla savaşım içinde geçti.
Erdinç, 1938-39 ders yılında baba mes
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Ayfer Tunç
Erenköy Kız Lisesi'nin ardından İstanbul Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi'nden mezun oldu. Üniversite yıllarında çeşitli edebiyat ve kültür dergilerine yazılar yazmaya başladı. Edebiyat üzerine ilk yazılarını 1983 yılından itibaren çeşitli dergilerde yayımladı. 1989 yılında gazeteciliğe başladı. Sokak dergisinde, Güneş ve Yeni Yüzyıl gazetelerinde çalıştı. 1989 yılında "Saklı" başlıklı öyküsüyle Cumhuriyet gazetesinin verdiği Yunus Nadi Öykü Ödülü'nü kazandı. 1999-2004 yılları arasında Yapı Kredi Yayınları'nda yayın yönetmeni olarak çalıştı. 2001 yılında yayımlanan Bir Maniniz Yoksa Annemler Size Gelecek başlıklı yapıtı, 2003 yılında altı Balkan ülkesinin katılımıyla düzenlenen Balkanika Ödülü'nü kazandı ve altı Balkan diline çevrilm
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Oruç Aruoba
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Jean le Rond d'Alembert contributed.
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Ayşegül Devecioğlu
1956 doğumlu. İstanbul'da yaşıyor. 1977 yılında Ortadoğu Teknik Üniversitesi'nden öğrenimini tamamlayamadan ayrıldı. 1986'dan sonra gazete, dergi ve televizyonlarda çalıştı. Çeşitli dergilerde makaleleri, denemeleri yayımlandı. Ağlayan Dağ Susan Nehir, 2008 Orhan Kemal Roman Armağanı'nı kazandı.
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