Novelist (b. 1886, İstanbul – d. 1946, Giresun). She
was raised with private tutoring. Her husband was a public notary. With her
overly emotional books, she became the first woman novelist to have a mass
readership. Münevver (Educated),
which was her first novel, was serialized in the newspaper Hanımlara Mahsus Gazete.
Some of her novels have been republished. Her novel, Münevver (Münevver) was
translated into Serbian.
WORKS:
Münevver (Münevver,
1901), Ölmüş Bir Kadının Evrak-ı
Metrukesi (Abandoned Documents of a Dead Woman, 1905), Yaban Gülü (Wild Rose, 1920), Nedret
(Rarity, continuation of the novel Ölmüş
Bir Kadının Evrak-ı Metrukesi (The Abandoned Documents of a Dead Woman),
1922), Hüsran (Disappointment, 1928),
Hicran Gecesi (The Night of
Separation, 1930), Gecenin
Esrarı/hikâyeler (Mystery of the Night/ stories, 1934), Necla (Necla, 1941), Mazinin Sesi (The Sound of The Past,
1944).