Storywriter and researcher of literature (b. 3
May 1957, Trabzon). She attended the Trabzon İskenderpaşa Elementary School
(1968), the Trabzon High School (1974), and graduated from Erzurum Atatürk
University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Turkish Language (1978). She
completed her master studies at the Institute of Social Science at the same
university in 1981, with the thesis "Ömer Seyfeddin'in Hikâyelerinde
Avrupa Ülkeleri ve Türkler" (European Coutries and the Turks in the
Stories of Ömer Seyfettin). After working as a teacher of literature in the
Trabzon Industrial Vocational High School (1980-85), she became a lecturer at
Karadeniz Technical University, Fatih Faculty of Education (1985). She became
an associate professor with the thesis "Halide Edip Adıvar'in
Romanlarının Teknik Açıdan Tahlili" (Technical Analysis of the Novels
of Halide Edip Adıvar) in 1987. She became the head of the Department of
Turkish Language and Literature.
Her articles were published after 1987 in the
reviews Dolunay, Millî Kültür, Türk Edebiyatı, Yedi İklim, Millî Eğitim,
Dergâh (1992) and in a column titled "Mor
Mürekkep" (Violet Ink) in the newspaper Zaman in 1997. She
collected the essay award of the Writers Union of Turkey in 2003, with the book
Cümle Kapısı (Gateway).
WORKS:
SHORT STORY: Nun Masalları (Tales of
Nun, 1997), Yusuf ile Züleyha (Yusuf and Züleyha, 2000), Mavi Lale
(Blue Tulip, 2002).
NOVEL: İsimle Ateş Arasında (Between
Name and Fire, 2002).
BIOGRAPHY: Şair Nigâr Hanım (The Poet
Nigâr Hanım, 1998), Halide Edip Adıvar (Halide Edip Adıvar, 1999).
ESSAY: Mor Mürekkep
(Violet Ink, 1999), Cümle Kapısı (Gate way, 2003).
