Sevan Nişanyan

Dil Bilimci, Yazar

Doğum
21 Aralık, 1956
Eğitim
Columbia Universities, Yale Universities
Burç

Writer of travel books (b. 1956). He attended Işık High School and graduated from Robert College and then he went to the United States. He was educated in history, philosophy and South American History of Politics at Yale and Columbia Universities. He started his business life by working as director general in large companies. He then became bored of the routine and searched for ways of living freely. He chose to travel to different parts of the world and to write travel books.

His aim was to be a contemporary traveler writer and he began to produce travel books for English and American companies. In 1998, Küçük Oteller (The Little Hotel Book) was his first book published in Turkey. In a short time, his other books followed. Then he decided to live in Şirince village, worked there as a builder and ran a hotel. He became an expert in house restoration. He still writes travel books and dictionaries and still lives in Şirince.

WORKS (Travel Literature):

Küçük Oteller Kitabı (The Little Hotel book, 1998), Meraklısı İçin Karadeniz Rehberi (Black Sea Guide for the Curious), Herkesin Bilmediği Olağanüstü Yerler (The Undiscovered Places of Turkey), Sözlerin Soyağacı: Elifin Öküzü ya da Süprizler Kitabı (Family Tree of Words: Elif’s Ox or the Book of Surprises, short story), Sözlerin Soyağacı: Çağdaş Türkçenin Etimolojik Sözlüğü (Family Tree of Words: Etymologic Dictionary of Contemporary Turkish). 

REFERENCE: İhsan Işık 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), Necmiye Alpay / İki Kökenbilim Kitabı (Radikal Kitap, 10.1.2003), Emel Armutçu / Siyasete Bulaşan Gezi Kitabının Yazarı Sevan Nişanyan (söyleşi, Hürriyet Pazar, 21.5.2006), Sevan Nişanyan'a peygambere hakaret suçundan hapis! (bugazete.com, 22 Mayıs 2013), Sevan Nişanyan tutuklandı! (milliyet.com.tr, 0201.2014).

 

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