Yaşar Kemal
Appearance
Kemal Sadık Gökçeli | |
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Born | Gökçedam, Osmaniye, Ottoman Empire | October 23, 1923
Died | 28 February 2015 İstanbul, Turkey | (aged 91)
Occupation | Novelist |
Period | 1943 – 2002 |
Notable works | Ağıtlar ("Ballads"; debut)
İnce Memed ("Memed, My Hawk")) Teneke ("The Drumming-Out") Ince Memed II ("They Burn the Thistles") |
Notable awards | Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger 1979 Prix mondial Cino Del Duca 2011 |
Yaşar Kemal, (born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli 6 October 1923 – 28 February 2015) was a Turkish writer of Kurdish origin. He was one of Turkey's leading writers.[1][2] Kemal was long a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, on the strength of Memed, My Hawk.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Ertan, Nazlan (1997-03-06). "French pay tribute to Yasar Kemal". Turkish Daily News. Archived from the original on 2008-05-31. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
- ↑ Perrier, Jean-Louis (1997-03-04). "Yachar Kemal, conteur et imprécateur". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- ↑ "Ölene kadar Nobel adayı olacağım". Hurriyet (in Turkish). 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2008-04-04.