Ulviye Alpay
Story writer. She was born on June 27, 1951 in Adana. Ulviye Alpay is a Turkish author who writes both children’s and adults’ fiction. Her stories for children, Pırpır, A Cat Roared, and Traveling Stories have been broadcast in the TRT (Turkish Radio and Television). In 1998, she was awarded the first price in TRTGAP TV’s short story competition with her story named Tombala (Lottery). In 1999, she was the co-winner of the Yunus Nadi Short Story Award with A Blue Hello which was published by Cumhuriyet Books. She wrote two novels, a biography novel, two young adult novels and fifteen children books published by Turkish major publishing houses such as Altın Kitaplar Publishing, Epsilon Publishing Group, Alfa Publishing, Can Publishing House.
In her stories, Ulviye Alpay tells about ‘the changes in the human soul, pressures of the community and society on the individual, and conflict-filled relationships between men and women’. She has dedicated her novel Turbulence to Vedat Günyol and all the seamen who have perished at sea. In
XV. International Kıbatek Literature Symposium, Arslan Bayır talked about Turbulance in his speech named “Turbulance” and Journey with Albatrosses.
She has served at the board of directors at PEN and BESAM (Professional Association of Owners of Scientific and Literary Works). She is the chair of PEN Turkey Women Writers Committee. She lives in Istanbul.
“The pen of Ulviye Alpay writes about human, nature and sex not in the classical way we know about human, nature and sex. When you read, you exceed whatever you know suddenly. That turns human inside the nature and sex inside human into supreme concepts. Alpay has no simplicity. She works on an issue which could easily be turned into a mockery to something extraordinary. For instance in “Ninenin Çorapları”; her story makes the reader feel sad about the grandmother, grandchild, bride, son and so on.” (Üstün Akmen).
WORKS:
STORY: Mavi Bir Merhaba (1999).
NOVEL: Ben Sevilmeye Değerim (2003).
CHILDREN’S SHORT STORY: Kuş Evi (1999), Hayvanlarla Elele (2000), İdil Gülen Çocuk (2002), İdil ve Düş Evi (2002), Harflerin Dansı (2002), Arkadaşım Beaty (2002).
CHILDREN’S NOVEL: Çocukların Sırrı (2002).
JUVENILE STORY:Babam Sınıfta Kaldı (2002).
TALE: Ben Balık Gibi mi Doğdum? (1999).
REFERENCE: Ahmet Miskioğlu / Ulviye‘nin Öyküleri (Türk Dili Dergisi, sayı: 67, Temmuz-Ağustos 1998), Muzaffer Buyrukçu / Mavi Bir Merhaba - Üstün Akmen / Ulviye Alpay‘la Tanışmadınız mı Siz? (Cumhuriyet Kitap dergisi, 21.10.1999), M. Sadık Aslankara / Cinsel Eylemin Yazınsallaşması (Adam Sanat-Kasım 2000), Muzaffer Uyguner / Kuşevi (Türk Dili Dergisi, Mayıs-Haziran 2000), Konur Ertop / Ulviye Alpay‘ın Mavi Merhabası (Türk Dili Dergisi, Eylül-Ekim-2001), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), İhsan Işık / Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007).
