Storywriter and novelist (b. 2 January 1937, Ezine /
Çanakkale - d. 21 Ocak 2015, İstanbul). Her full name is Afet Ilgaz
(Muhteremoğlu). She graduated from Çapa Institute of Education, Faculty of
Literature, Department of Philosophy and Classical Languages. She worked as a
teacher in İzmit and İstanbul for some time. Later on, she gave up teaching and
established Sınıf Publications together with Rıfat Ilgaz. She worked as a
teacher and administrator at the nursery school, of which she was also the
owner. She collected the Törehan Award from the newspaper Yeni İstanbul
in 1969 with her novel Eşiktekiler (Those at the Doorstep, 1960); the
Turkish Language Association Story Award in 1965 with her story Başörtülüler
(Those Wearing Head Scarves, 1964) and the Writers Union of Turkey Novel Award
in 1993 with her novel Yol (The Road). Her stories were published
firstly in the review Yücel (1956) and later in İstanbul, Türk Dili,
Varlık, Yansıma, Sanat ve Toplum. She used the pen name Afet Muhteremoğlu
in her works until 1968.
Her
first article was published in the newspaper Dünya in 1954. More
recently, she has written articles for the newspapers Yeni Şafak and Millî
Gazete. Her two plays, Annem Annem (Oh My Mum) and Toprak
İnsanları (People of Earth) were broadcast on Turkish Radio and Television
Corporation’s Channel
WORKS:
SHORT
STORY: Bedriye (Bedriye, 1963), Başörtülüler (Those Wearing Head
Scarves, 1964), Toprak (Earth, 1968; published with the title People of
Earth, with additions, 1972), Halk Hikâyeleri (Folk Stories, 1972), Çeribaşı
Abtullah'la İdamlık İsmail (Abtullah the Army Leader and İsmail Condemned
to Death, 1974), Ölü Bir Kadın Yazar (One Dead Female Writer, 1983), Kazdağı
Öyküleri (Stories from Mount Ida, 2000).
NOVEL: Eşiktekiler (Those at the Doorstep, 1961), Aşamalar
(Steps, 1977), Sendika (Trade Union, 1987), Garip Bir Dâvâ (A
Strange Trial, 1987), Bir Feministin Doğruya Yakın Portresi (An Almost
Real Portrait of a Feminist, 1987), Âd Semûd Medyen (Ad, Semud, Medyen,
1991), Yol (The Road, 1993), Yolcu (The Passenger, 1994), Menekşelendi
Sular (The Rivers Have Violets, 1997), Ermiş (Saint, 2000).
CHILDREN’S
NOVEL: Annem Annem (Oh My Mum, 1974), Değişen Sevgiler (Changing
Loves, 1979; reprinted with the title Yaz
Göçebeleri-Summer Nomads), Çocuklar da Savaştı (Children Fought As
Well, 1979), Filiz Büyüyor (The Young Shoot Grows, 1992), Karadaylak (Karadaylak
the Camel, 1992).
TRAVEL
LITERATURE: İtalya Mektupları (Letters from Italy, 1962).
ESSAY:
İbnül Vakt (Son of Days, newspaper articles, 2000), Ateş Denizinde Yol Alan Gemi
(The Ship That Sails on the Sea of Fire, 2001), İkindi Güneşi (Midday
Sun, 2003).
Besides these, she has translated works.
