Researcher, writer and critic (b. 27
August 1940, Eskişehir). She is the wife of Prof. Kemal Aytaç. She attended the
Kurtuluş Primary School, Ankara High School for Girls (1958), and graduated
from Ankara University, Faculty of Language, History and Geography, Department
of German Language and Literature and Department of Latin Language and
Literature. In 1962, she became an assistant at the Department of German
Language and Literature. Her master’s thesis was “H. Hesse’nin ‘Boncuk
Oyunu’nda Varolma ve Oluş” (Being Existent and Existence in the “Play of
Beads” by H. Hesse, 1986). She received her doctorate degree at the same
faculty (1966), and became an associate professor (1971) and a professor
(1976). At the same faculty, she became the head of department. She conducted
researches in Marburg and Köln on scholarships from the German Academic Exchange
Service and Humboldt Foundation. As a
member of the executive board of the International Germanists Association, she
made presentations in Basel, Göttingen, Tokyo and Vienna Congresses. She
attended in the Heinrich Böll Symposium in Hungary with a communiqué.
His critics and
research articles were published in Yazko
Edebiyat, Yazko, Somut reviews in addition to those of under his general
publication directorship: Gündoğan
Edebiyat, Çağdaş Eleştiri, Cumhuriyet Kitap, Gösteri, etc. He translated
many works from German. He collected the Austria Government Literary
Translation Award. He is a member of Turkish PEN Writers Association, the
Professional Association of Scientific and Literary Work Owners of Turkey and
the Turkish Authors Association.
WORKS:
STUDY-RESEARCH: Die Glückseligkeit in Wielands
“Geschichte des Agathon” (The
Luck Blessedness in country "history of the Agathon" 1971), Thomas Mann’ın “Der Zauderberg” ve “Lotte
in Weimar” Romanlarındaki Edebî Kişiliği (Thomas Mann’s Literary
Personality in his Novels “The Zauderberg” and “Lottary in Weimar”, 1972), Yeni Alman Edebiyatı Tarihi (History
of the New German Literature, 1973),
Romancı Yönüyle Heinrich Böll (Heinrich Böll as a Novelist, 1975), Çağdaş Alman Edebiyatı Tarihi (History
of Contemporary German Literature, 1978),
Çağdaş Türk Romanları Üzerine İncelemeler (Studies on Contemporary Turkish
Novels, 1990), Edebiyat Yazıları I (Essays
on Literature I, 1990), Edebiyat Yazıları
II (Essays on Literature II, 1991),
Edebiyat Yazıları III (Essays on Literature III, 1995), Karşılaştırmalı Edebiyat Bilimi (The Science of Comparative
Literature, 1997), Genel Edebiyat Bilimi (The
Science of General Literature, 1999),
Edebiyat Dünyası (The World of Literature, 2000), Edebiyat Yazıları 1995-2000 (Essays on Literature 1995-2000,
2001), Edebiyat ve Medya (Literature
and Media, 2002).
COLLECTION: Denemeler Seçkisi (An Anthology of
Essays, 1990), Öykü Seçkisi (An
Anthology of Stories, 1991), Mektup
Seçkisi (An Anthology of Letters, 1992), Gezi Notları Seçkisi (An Anthology of Travel-Notes, 1994), Doğumunun 350. Yılında Goethe (Goethe in
his 350th Birthday, 1999), Çağdaş Dünya
Edebiyatı Çeviri Seçkisi (An Anthology of Translations from Contemporary
World Literature, 1999).
Besides, she made translations from T.
Mann, H. Hesse, M. Frisch, Goethe and F. Nietzsche.