Yaman Koray

Novelist (b. 1934, İstanbul - d. 6 March 2006, Marmaris / Muğla). He is the son of Mebrure Sami Koray, he graduated from Istanbul Saint Joseph Private French High School (1954). He settled in Erdek with his family. After having his stories published in the newspaper Cumhuriyet and Akşam, he wrote novels on the subject of people living in coastal regions.

WORKS:

Deniz Ağacı (Sea Tree, 1962), Gelin Taşı (Bride Stone, 1963), Sığırcıklar (Starlings, 1967), Mola (Pause, 1970), Büyük Orfoz (Great Grouper, published in the newspaper Milliyet, 1974-75; published as a book, 1979), Badanalı Yüzler (Faces in the Whitewash, 1983).