Vüs’at O. Bener

Roman Yazarı, Oyun Yazarı, Öykü Yazarı

Doğum
10 Mayıs, 1922
Ölüm
31 Mayıs, 2005
Eğitim
Ankara University Faculty of Law
Burç
Diğer İsimler
Vüs’at Orhan Bener, VOB

Writer (b. 10 May 1922, Samsun – D. 31 May 2005, Ankara). He graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Law. He worked as a reporter at the Ministry of Trade, and a judicial counselor at the Highways Administration. He was a judicial counselor of a trade union between 1979 and 1992. He gained fame when he ranked third with his story Dost (Friend, 1950) at the World Short Story Competition organized by the newspaper Yeni İstanbul and New York Herald Tribune together. He is a member of the Turkish Authors Association. He continues his studies in Ankara.

His short stories were published in the reviews Seçilmiş Hikâyeler, Yeditepe and Varlık. He collected the Turkish Language Association Award in 1963 with his play Ihlamur Ağacı (The Linden Tree, 1962). He shared the Abdi İpekçi Play Award in 1980 with Tuncer Cücenoğlu, with his play İpin Ucu (End of the Rope). He received the Yunus Nadi Unpublished Novel Award and shared the Sedat Simavi Award with Siyah Beyaz (Black White) in 1993. His story Dost (The Friend) was translated into French, and Batak (the Floundering) into German. His stories were included in anthologies at home and abroad.

WORKS:

SHORT STORY: Dost (The Friend, 1952; expanded new edition, 1986), Yaşamasız (Without Living, 1957), Siyah Beyaz (Black White, 1993), Mızıkalı Yürüyüş (The March with Brass Band, 1998), Kara Tren (The Black Train, 1998), Kapan (The Trap, 2001). 

PLAY: Ihlamur Ağacı (The Linden Tree, 1962), İpin Ucu (End of the Rope, 1963).

NOVEL: Buzul Çağının Virüsü (The Virus of the Ice Age, 1984), Bay Muannit Sahtegi'nin Notları (Notes of Mr. Muannit Sahtegi, 1991).

POETRY: Manzumeler (Pieces of Verse, 1994).

Besides, he translated some works, including one of Vercors.

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