Fethiye Çetin
Fethiye Çetin is a Turkish lawyer, writer and human rights activist.
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Maggie Shen King
Maggie Shen King is the author of An Excess Male (Harper Voyager), a Washington Post Top 5 Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel of 2017, a James Tiptree, Jr., and a Lambda Literary Award Finalist. She is Goodreads September 2017 Debut Author the Month.
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Her short stories have appeared in Ecotone, ZYZZYVA, Asimov’s Science Fiction, and Fourteen Hills. Her manuscript Fortune's Fools, won Second Prize in Amazon's 2012 Breakthrough Novel Award. -
Tessa Leuwsha
Born in 1967 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Emigrated to Suriname in 1996.
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Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is a Franco-Belgian playwright, short story writer and novelist, as well as a film director. His plays have been staged in over fifty countries all over the world.
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Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (谷崎 潤一郎) was a Japanese author, and one of the major writers of modern Japanese literature, perhaps the most popular Japanese novelist after Natsume Sōseki.
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Some of his works present a rather shocking world of sexuality and destructive erotic obsessions; others, less sensational, subtly portray the dynamics of family life in the context of the rapid changes in 20th-century Japanese society.
Frequently his stories are narrated in the context of a search for cultural identity in which constructions of "the West" and "Japanese tradition" are juxtaposed. The results are complex, ironic, demure, and provocative. -
Sayed Kashua
Czech name version: Sajjid Kašua.
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Slovak name version: Said Kašua
Sayed Kashua (Arabic: سيد قشوع, Hebrew: סייד קשוע; b. 1975) is an Israeli-Arab author and journalist born in Tira, Israel, known for his books and humoristic columns in Hebrew.
هو كاتب وصحفي فلسطيني إسرائيلي يعيش في القدس ويكتب بالعبرية. ولد سيد قشوع في مدينة الطيرة، مدينة عربية وسط إسرائيل، لأب يعمل موظفا في البنك ولأم تعمل معلمة. هو الثاني من بين أربعة أبناء. حين كان في ال15 من عمره تم قبوله لمدرسة العلوم والفنون في القدس، وهي مدرسة مرموقة، تعمل باللغة العبرية ومعظم تلاميذها من اليهود. بعد انهائه تعليمه الثانوي تعلم في الجامعة العبرية في القدس موضوع الفلسفة والعلوم الاجتماعية. بعد انهائه تعليمه عمل مراسلا للصحيفة العبرية المقدسية "كول هاعير" ("כל העיר") وبعد ذلك تحول أيضا إل -
Latife Tekin
Latife Tekin is one of the most influential Turkish female authors. She was born in 1957 in Kayseri, Turkey. She continued her education in Istanbul. In 1983, her famous novel Sevgili Arsız Ölüm (Dear Shameless Death) was published. The magic realism in the book was drawn from the Anatolian folklore and traditions. Latife Tekin's childhood in Kayseri, a multicultural city at a central point in Anatolia, influenced both her first book and the others in this aspect.
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Per Petterson
Petterson knew from the age of 18 that he wanted to be a writer, but didn't embark on this career for many years - his debut book, the short story collection Aske i munnen, sand i skoa, (Ashes in the Mouth, Sand in the Shoes) was published 17 years later, when Petterson was 35. Previously he had worked for years in a factory as an unskilled labourer, as his parents had done before him, and had also trained as a librarian, and worked as a bookseller.
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In 1990, the year following the publication of his first novel, Pettersen's family was struck by tragedy - his mother, father, brother and nephew were killed in a fire onboard a ferry.
His third novel Til Sibir (To Siberia) was nominated for The Nordic Council's Literature Prize, and his fourth no -
Sevgi Soysal
Sevgi Soysal was born in Istanbul in 1936. She grew up in Ankara with her father, an architect-bureaucrat originally from Salonica, and her German mother. She studied archaeology in Ankara, continuing her education in that field as well as theater at Göttingen University.
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Soysal’s first volume of short stories, Tutkulu Perçem (Passionate Bangs), was published in 1962, the same year that Soysal began working for the Turkish national television and radio (TRT). She went on to write Tante Rosa, a novel of interconnected stories based upon the life and personality of her aunt, Rosel. Her novel addressing male-female relationships and the issue of marriage, Yürümek (Walking), was banned upon charges of obscenity. In 1974 Soysal won the prestigiou -
Vigdis Hjorth
Vigdis Hjorth (born 1959) is a Norwegian novelist. She grew up in Oslo, and has studied philosophy, literature and political science.
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In 1983, she published her first novel, the children's book "Pelle-Ragnar i den gule gården" for which she received Norsk kulturråd's debut award. Her first book for an adult audience was "Drama med Hilde" (1987). "Om bare" from 2001 is considered her most important novel, and a roman à clef.
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Gülse Birsel
Gülse Birsel is a Turkish comedian, writer, screenwriter and actress.
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She attended Beyoğlu Anadolu High school and got a degree in economics at Boğaziçi University. She started working for Aktüel magazine as a correspondent in her second year as an undergraduate. Finally, she graduated from Boğaziçi University as an economist and began working for Aktüel magazine as an editor in 1994. She went to New York and studied for a master's degree in the film program of Columbia University's School of the Arts.
She was first noticed through her articles in Turkish newspapers, titled "Metropol Manzaraları" (Views of the Metropolis, "Metropolis" is actually Istanbul), with her easily noticed funny touches of city life. She later presented a comedy show -
Ahmet Ümit
Ahmet Ümit was born in 1960 in the city of Gaziantep in southern Turkey. He moved to Istanbul in 1978 to attend university. In 1983 he both graduated from the Public Administration Faculty of Marmara University and wrote his very first story. An active member of the Turkish Communist Party from 1974 until 1989 Ümit took part in the underground movement for democracy while Turkey was under the rule of a
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military dictatorship between 1980-1990. In 1985-86 he illegally attended the Academy for Social Sciences in Moscow. Ümit worked in the advertising sector from 1989-1998 and is currently employed as cultural advisor at the Goethe Foundation in Istanbul. He has one daughter Gül. Since 1989 Ümit has published one volume of poetry three volumes o -
Ayşe Kulin
Ayşe Kulin is a Turkish contemporary novelist and columnist.
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Kulin graduated in literature from the American College for Girls in Arnavutköy. She released a collection of short stories titled Güneşe Dön Yüzünü in 1984. A short story from this called Gülizar was made into a film titled Kırık Bebek in 1986, for which she won a screenplay award from the Turkish culture ministry. Kulin worked as a screen writer, cinematographer and producer for many films, television series and advertisements. In 1986, she won the Best Cinematographer Award from the Theatre Writers association for her work in the television series Ayaşlı ve Kiracıları.
In 1996, she wrote a biography of Münir Nureddin Selçuk titled Bir Tatlı Huzur. With a short story called Foto S -
Refik Halid Karay
Mudurnu'dan İstanbul'a göçen Karakayış ailesinden Maliye Başveznedarı Mehmed Halit Bey'in oğlu olarak 15 Mart 1888’de İstanbul’da doğdu. Galatasaray Sultanisi'nde ve Hukuk Mektebi'nde okudu. Maliye Nezaretinde memur olarak çalıştı. II. Meşrutiyet'in ilanından sonra gazetecilik ile uğraşmaya başladı; Tercüman-ı Hakikat gazetesinde mütercimlik ve muhabirlik yaptı. Yazıları yüzünden ilk önce Sinop'a daha sonra Çorum, Ankara ve Bilecik'e sürgün olarak gönderildi. İstanbul'a dönünce bir süre Türkçe öğretmenliği yaptı. PTT (Posta Telefon Telgraf) Genel Müdürlüğü'ne getirildi. Bu sırada Hürriyet ve İtilaf Fırkası'na üye oldu ve İstiklal Savaşı aleyhine yazdığı yazılarından ötürü vatan hainliği suçuyla yüzellilikler listesine girerek Beyrut ve Hale
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Kenzaburō Ōe
Kenzaburō Ōe (大江 健三郎) was a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. His works, strongly influenced by French and American literature and literary theory, engages with political, social and philosophical issues including nuclear weapons, social non-conformism and existentialism.
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Ōe was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1994 for creating "an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today." -
Herkül Millas
1940’ta Ankara’da doğdu. Yüksek öğrenimini 1965’te Robert Kolej’de tamamladı. 1960’larda öğrenci hareketinde yer aldı. TİP üyesiydi. 1971’de Atina’ya yerleşti. Yunanca’dan Türkçe’ye Ritsos, Seferis, Elitis vd. şairlerin yapıtlarını çevirdi. Halen A.Ü. D.T.C.F. Çağdaş Yunan Edebiyatı Bölümü’nde öğretim üyesiydi. Bu yıllarda Siyaset Bilimi bölümünde doktora öğrenimini tamamladı. Türk-Yunan ilişkileri ve karşılıklı algılamalar konusunda kitap ve makaleleri Türkçe, Yunanca ve İngilizce olarak çeşitli ülkelerde yayımlandı.
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Ahmet Büke
1997 yılında Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi İktisat bölümünden mezun oldu. Ölümsüz Öyküler Yayınevi'nin düzenlediği 'Xasiork 2002 Kısa Öykü Yarışması'nda Kayıp Dua Kitabı isimli hikâyesi birincilik ödülüne layık görüldü. 2008'de Alnı Mavide ile Oğuz Atay Öykü Ödülü'nü, 2011'de Kumrunun Gördüğü adlı kitabı ile Sait Faik Hikâye Armağanı'nı aldı. Öyküleri, e edebiyat, AdamÖykü, Özgür Edebiyat ve Patika dergilerinde yayımlandı. Sosyal Ayrıntılar Ansiklopedisi ve Derkenar isimli internet dergilerinde kısa öyküler yazmaya devam ediyor.
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Hikmet Hükümenoğlu
1971 yılında İstanbul'da doğdu. Robert Kolej'den, sonra Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Fizik ve ardından Koç Üniversitesi MBA bölümlerinden mezun oldu. Dokuz yıl boyunca çeşitli yatırım bankaları ve aracı kurumlarda analist ve üst düzey yönetici olarak çalıştı. 2004 yılında finans sektörünü terk ettiğinden beri zamanının büyük bir kısmını yazarak ve müzik yaparak geçiriyor.
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Magda Szabó
Magda Szabó was a Hungarian writer, arguably Hungary's foremost female novelist. She also wrote dramas, essays, studies, memories and poetry.
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Born in Debrecen, Szabó graduated at the University of Debrecen as a teacher of Latin and of Hungarian. She started working as a teacher in a Calvinist all-girl school in Debrecen and Hódmezővásárhely. Between 1945 and 1949 she was working in the Ministry of Religion and Education. She married the writer and translator Tibor Szobotka in 1947.
She began her writing career as a poet, publishing her first book Bárány ("Lamb") in 1947, which was followed by Vissza az emberig ("Back to the Human") in 1949. In 1949 she was awarded the Baumgarten Prize, which was--for political reasons--withdrawn from -
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Angela Y. Davis
Angela Yvonne Davis is an American political activist, scholar, and author. She emerged as a nationally prominent activist and radical in the 1960s, as a leader of the Communist Party USA, and had close relations with the Black Panther Party through her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement despite never being an official member of the party. Prisoner rights have been among her continuing interests; she is the founder of Critical Resistance, an organization working to abolish the prison-industrial complex. She is a retired professor with the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and is the former director of the university's Feminist Studies department.
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Melisa Kesmez
MELİSA KESMEZ, Eylül 1980’de İstanbul’da doğdu. Mimar Sinan Üniversitesi’nde Sosyoloji okudu. Bir dönem Londra’da yaşadı. Çeşitli dergi ve gazetelerde yazıları ve söyleşileri yayımlandı. Çeviriler yaptı. İstanbul’da yaşıyor. Keriman isimli bir kedisi var.
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Aylin Balboa
1980 yılında İzmit’te doğdu. Öğrencilik yıllarını Ankara’da geçirdi. Çeşitli dergilerde yazıları yayımlandı. Halen İstanbul’da yaşıyor. Balık adında bir köpeği var.
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Mourid Barghouti
Mourid Barghouti is a Palestinian poet and writer. He has published 12 books of poetry, the last of which is Muntasaf al-Lail (Midnight). His Collected Works came out in Beirut in 1997. In 2000 he was awarded the Palestine Award for Poetry. His autobiographical narrative Ra'ytu Ramallah (I Saw Ramallah), won the Naguib Mahfouz Award for Literature (1997) and was translated into several languages.
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He lives in Cairo.
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Maggie Shen King
Maggie Shen King is the author of An Excess Male (Harper Voyager), a Washington Post Top 5 Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel of 2017, a James Tiptree, Jr., and a Lambda Literary Award Finalist. She is Goodreads September 2017 Debut Author the Month.
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Her short stories have appeared in Ecotone, ZYZZYVA, Asimov’s Science Fiction, and Fourteen Hills. Her manuscript Fortune's Fools, won Second Prize in Amazon's 2012 Breakthrough Novel Award. -
Büşra Sanay
Büşra Sanay, 1986 Kasım’ında İstanbul’da doğdu. İşçi emeklisi anne babanın üç çocuğundan ikincisi. İlk-orta ve lise eğitimini İstanbul Avcılar’da gördü. Konya Selçuk Üniversitesi Gazetecilik Bölümü’nden mezun oldu. CNNTürk haber merkezi ve Cumhuriyet gazetesinde staj yaptı. İş hayatına üniversite üçüncü sınıftayken İstanbul CNN Türk Haber Merkezi’nde haber spikeri olarak başladı. Günün sıcak gelişmelerini anlatırken bir taraftan da www.cnnturk.com için röportajlar yaptı. Özellikle “Ensest” konusunda mağdurlarla yaptığı röportajlar, Türkiye’nin gündemini sarstı.
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Zülfü Livaneli
Müzisyen, Yazar, Yönetmen, Politikacı.
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Tam adı Ömer Zülfü Livaneli’dir. 1946 yılında Konya-Ilgın’da doğan Livaneli, yazarlık kimliğinin yanında saygın bir müzisyendir. Müziği ile birçok ulusal ve uluslararası ödül almış ve eserleri John Baez, Maria Farandouri gibi sanatçılar tarafından yorumlanmıştır. Kültür, sanat ve politika alanında Türkiye’nin önemli isimlerinden birisi olan sanatçı, sanat yaşamı boyunca 300’e yakın besteye ve 30 film müziğine imzasını attı.
Bugüne kadar üç uzun metrajlı film yönetti; "Yer Demir Gök Bakır", "Sis" ve "Şahmeran". Valencia Film Festivali'nde "Altın Palmiye" ve 1989'da Montpelier Film Festivali'nde "Altın Antigone" ödülüne layık görüldü. "Sis", "En iyi Avrupa Film Ödülü"ne aday gösterildi. Sanatçının filmleri