Storywriter (b. 4 October 1940,
Bursa). Her full name is Fatma Neşe Karel. She used the pen name Fatma Alagöz
in her first stories. She graduated from Manisa High School (1959) then she
lived for two years in Germany (1972-74). She hasn’t done anything else other
than writing. She is a member of the Antalya Artists Association, the Turkish
Authors Association, the Writers Syndicate of Turkey and the Turkish Language
Society.
Her first story named “Cockfight” was published in Atayolu
(İzmir) magazine in 1988. She has published her essays and articles since 1975
in the magazines Varlık, Atayolu, Yaba,
Yaba Öykü, Karşı, Temmuz, Sanat Rehberi, Yazıt, Kırk Merdiven, Akdeniz Sanat,
Eşik, Aykırı Sanat, Çağdaş Türk Dili, İnsancıl, Ansan Sanat, Portakal, Morca,
Kıyı, Dört Mevsim, Anadili, Pencere, Bahçe, Güzel Yazılar, Dil Dergisi, Damar,
Düşlük, Amik and in newspapers published abroad and in Turkish national
newspapers. She also published Türkiye’de
Almancı, Almanyada Yabancı (A German in Turkey and A Foreigner in
Germany-collaborative work), Erguvan
Bayramı (Festival of the Judas Tree), Uludağın
Etekleri gümüşten (The Foot of Uludağ is in Silver), İpek Şehrin Günlüğü (The Diary of the Silk City), Saat (Clock), Bursa Suları (Waters of Bursa), Manolya
Durağında Roman (The Novel at Magnolia Station), Ölümünün Kırkıncı Yılında Tanpınar anısına Bursa Denemeleri (Bursa
Essays in Memory of Tanpınar in his 40th Anniversary), İşçi Öyküleri (Stories of Workers).
WORKS:
SHORT STORY: Yalnız Kadın Irmağı (The River of Lonely Women, 1991), Sokak Kedisi (Street Cats, 1992), Erkekler de Sever (Men Love Too, 1994).
ESSAY-RESEARCH (Collaborative books): Türkiye’de Almancı, Almanyada Yabancı
(German in Turkey, Foreign in Germany, 1995), Erguvan Bayramı (Festival of the Judas Tree, 1998), Uludağın Etekleri gümüşten (The Foot of
Uludağ is in Silver, 1999), İpek Şehrin
Günlüğü (The Diary of Silk City, 2000).
