Novelist,
translator (b. 16 November 1927 - d. 15 March 2020, Istanbul). Her full name is Zeynep Nihal Yeğinobalı. She
attended primary school in İstanbul where she came when she was a child and
graduated from Arnavutköy American Girls’ College. Afterwards she went to
United States and studied literature at New York State University. As a
mastered translator, she translated many classic and modern authors, novels and
short stories into Turkish. She published her first novel Genç Kızlar (Young Girls) under a pseudonym Vincent Ewing,
so-called American writer. This work was published many times through years and
is still being published and read.
WORKS (Novel):
Genç Kızlar (Young Girls, under the name V. Ewing, 1950), Mazi Kalbimde Bir Yaradır (Past is A Wound in My Heart, 1987), Sitem (Reproach, 1998), Cumhuriyet Çocuğu (Republic Child, biographic novel, 1999).
REFERENCE: Süha Sertabiboğlu / Nihal Yeğinobalı’dan “Mazi Kalbimde Bir Yaradır” (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 12.8.1999), Akgün Akova / Nihal Yeğinobalı’dan Yeni Bir Roman: Sitem (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 25.6.1998), Cumhuriyet Kitap (8.10.1998), Vitrindekiler (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 9.12.1999), Z. Güven / Söyleşi (Hürriyet Pazar, 12.3.2000), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), İhsan Işık / Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007).
