Novelist (b.
1971, Strasbourg / France). She graduated from the Middle East Technical
University, Department of International Relations. She did her graduate studies
at the Department of Women’s studies at the same university. With her graduate thesis,
“Bektaşi ve Mevlevi Düşüncesinde Kadınsılık-Döngüsellik” (Bektaşi and Mevlevi
Ideas on Femininity - the Vicious Circle) she received an award by the Social
Science Association. She continued her studies as a research assistant at
İstanbul Bilgi University, Department of Comparative Literature.
Her essays have been published in
the column with the title “e hali” (dative) in the review E. She has also written articles for Turkuaz, the supplement of the newspaper
Zaman. She collected the Mevlana
Grand Prize in 1998 with her novel Pinhan
(Concealed), and the
Writers Union of Turkey Novel Award in 2000 with her book Mahrem (The Sacred). She has become one of the most talked about
writers in Turkish literature.
WORKS:
SHORT STORY: Kem Gözlere Anadolu (Anatolia to Evil Eyes, 1994).
NOVEL: Pinhan (Concealed, 1997), Şehrin Aynaları (The Mirrors of the City, 1999), Mahrem (The Sacred, 2000), Bit Palas (The Flea Palace, 2002), Araf (Purgatory, 2004), Beşpeşe (Murathan Mungan, Celil Oker, Pınar Kür, Bülent Erkmen, Faruk Ulay’la, 2004), Baba ve Piç (2006), Siyah Süt (2007), Aşk (2009), Kağıt Helva (2010), Firarperest (2010), İskender (2011, İngilizcesi Honour, 2013), Şemspare (2012), Ustam ve Ben (2013), Havva'nın Üç Kızı (2016).
SAYS: Med-Cezir (2005).
CHILDREN STORY: Sakız Sardunya (2014).
REFERENCE: İhsan Işık / Yazarlar Sözlüğü (1990, 1998) - Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2007) – Ünlü Edebiyatçılar (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 4, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013), Elif Şafak / Sylvia Plath Türk Olsaydı (Radikal, 14.09.2003), Atilla Birkiye / “Karnaval dünyası na yol alış” (Cumhuriyet, 28 Kasım 2000), Feridun Andaç / Hikâye Anlatmayı Bilen Bir Yazar Elif Şafak (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 11.7.2002), Hasan Öztoprak / E Dergisi (Nisan 2002), Sema Arslan / Milliyet Sanat (Haziran 2004), Söyleşi (Varlık Kitap, Mayıs 2004), Asuman Kafaoğlu-Büke / Yazarın 24 Saati (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 13.1.2005), Elif Şafak / Ebedi Edebiyatçının 5 Yüzü (Radikal, 27.05.2006), Ayşe Yaşa / “Bebeklerim Kalemime Bilgelik Kattı” (Yeni Şafak gazetesi, söyleşi, 24. 09. 2008), Müge Akgün / Aşk (Referans, 16.05.2009), Elif Şafak: Bir Türk Yazar Politikadan Uzak Duramaz (Röportaj: Elif Aktuğ röportajı, Akşam, 01 Temmuz 2012, Pazar), Biyografi (elifsafak.us, 25.06.2017).
