Storywriter (b. 1951,
Gaziantep). He attended Galatasaray High School and graduated from the Sorbonne
University, Department of Modern Literature. After receiving his doctorate he
worked at the French Scientific International Research Center in Paris. His
articles on literature and intellectual subjects were published in magazines
such as Yeni Dergi, Yeni Edebiyat,
Milliyet Sanat and Hürriyet Gösteri.
His stories dealing with the
sexual impulses of the individual rather than a person’s inner self were
sometimes considered obscene. His book
Kadınlar Kitabı (Women’s Book) was banned because it was deemed to be
obscene. However, it was released again in 1984. He was given the 1976 Turkish
Language Association Short Story Award for his work Uzun Sürmüş Bir Yaz (A Long Lasting Summer) and the 1986 French PEN
Club Jury Special Award for his book Sevgilim
İstanbul (My Darling İstanbul), which was also translated into French. He shared the 1987 Haldun Taner Short Story
Award with Tomris Uyar and Murathan Mungan for a story in his book Sevgilim İstanbul (My Darling
İstanbul).
WORKS:
SHORT STORY: Uzun Sürmüş Bir Yaz (A Long Lasting
Summer, 1975), Kadınlar Kitabı
(Women’s Book, 1983), Sevgilim İstanbul
(My Darling İstanbul, 1986), Sorguda
(In the Interrogation, 1988), Son Tramvay
(The Last Tram, 1991), Öğleden Sonra Aşk
(Afternoon Love, 2002).
NOVEL:
Boğazkesen / Fatih’in Romanı (The Throat Cutter / The Novel of Fatih,
1995), Resimli Dünya (The World with
Pictures, 2000).
TRAVEL LITERATURE: Seyir Defteri (Log Book, 1990), Pasifik Kıyısında (On the Shore of
Pacific, 1991), Balkanlara Dönüş
(Returning to the Balkans, 1995), Gemiler
de Gitti (Ships Have Left Too, 1997),
Güneşte Ölüm (Death under the Sun, 2003).
ESSAY-STUDY: Çağdaş Yazın ve Kültür (Contemporary
Literature and Culture, 1978), Şeyh
Bedrettin Destanı Üzerine (On the Legend of Şeyh Bedreddin, 1978), Yerel Kültürlerden Evrensele (To
Universal from Local Cultures, 1985), Nazım
Hikmet ve Geleneksel Türk Yazını (Nazım Hikmet and Traditional Turkish
Literature, 1992), Başkaldıran Edebiyat
(Rebellious Literature, 1997), Aragon
Başkaldırıdan Gerçeğe (From the Aragon Rebel to the Truth, translated by
Nermin Saatçioğlu, 2000), Paris Yazıları
II (Paris Articles II, 2001), Doğumunun
Yüzüncü Yılında Dünya Şairi Nazım Hikmet (World Poet Nazım Hikmet on the 100th
Anniversary of His Birth, 2002).
CONVERSATION: Yüzyıl Biterken (When the Century Ends,
1999).
POETRY: Uzun Bir Ayrılık İçin Kırk Kısa Şiir (Forty Short Poems for a Long
Separation, 1996).
