Writer (b. 1957,
İstanbul). He attended Saint Michel High School (1975) and graduated from the
Department of French and Roman Philology (1980). He edited the culture and arts
page of the Jewish newspaper Şalom,
which was published in İstanbul (1984). He dealt with the problems of
minorities of İstanbul in his works. He received the Haldun Taner Short Story
Award in 1990 with Bir Şehre Gidememek
(Not Being Able to Go to a City).
WORKS:
MONOGRAPH: Bir Yalnız Adam (A Lonely Man, the life story of Jacques Brel,
1986).
SHORT STORY: Bir Şehre Gidememek (Not Being Able to Go to a City, 1990), Madam Floridis Dönmeyebilir (Mrs.
Floridis May not Come Back, 1990).
NOVEL: En Güzel Aşk Hikâyemiz (The Most Beautiful Love Story of Us, 1992),
İstanbul Bir Masaldı (İstanbul was a
Fairy Tale, 2000), Lunapark Kapandı (The Funfair has Closed Down,
2005).
