Yaşar Kemal

Turkish writer and human rights activist

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]

Kemal Sadık Gökçeli
Born(1923-10-23)October 23, 1923
Gökçedam, Osmaniye, Ottoman Empire
Died28 February 2015(2015-02-28) (aged 91)
İstanbul, Turkey
OccupationNovelist
Period1943 – 2002
Notable worksAğıtlar ("Ballads"; debut) İnce Memed ("Memed, My Hawk"))
Teneke ("The Drumming-Out")
Ince Memed II ("They Burn the Thistles")
Notable awardsPrix du Meilleur Livre Etranger
1979

Prix mondial Cino Del Duca
1982
Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur de France
1984
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
1997

Grand Officier de la Légion d'Honneur de France
2011

References change

  1. 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.
  2. Perrier, Jean-Louis (1997-03-04). "Yachar Kemal, conteur et imprécateur". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 2008-08-17.
  3. "Ölene kadar Nobel adayı olacağım". Hurriyet (in Turkish). 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2008-04-04.