Füruzan
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Füruzan Yerdelen is an award-winning self-taught Turkish writer, who is highly regarded for her sensitive characterisations of the poor and her depictions of Turkish immigrants abroad.
, Turkey
, she enjoyed reading as a child but left school in the eighth grade following the death of her father. She worked as an actress with the Little Theater acting company and began writing poems and short stories. She married cartoonist Turhan Selçuk in 1958 and the couple had one child before they divorced. She became a full-time writer following her divorce in 1968. She published her first collection of short stories Parasiz Yatili (Free Boarding School) in 1971 and was awarded the Sait Faik Short Story Award. She published her first novel 47’liler (Those Born in ’47) in 1975 won and was awarded the Turkish Language Association Novel Award.
translation.
short story collection by Turkish writer Füruzan published by Milet Books
, in dual Turkish
and English language
translation by Damian Croft, as part of its series of Turkish-English Short Story Collections.
The publisher states that the author, “displays her remarkable sensitivity, psychological insight and evocative sense of place, while looking at the pleasures and pressures of family relations and the impact of social class divisions.”
A review in Write Away states that the style of the work, “is an excellent introduction to the techniques of short story writing, and encourages a realization of the different parameters that this genre requires,” before concluding that this is, “A challenging and immensely rewarding read...”
Biography
Born in IstanbulIstanbul
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, Turkey
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, she enjoyed reading as a child but left school in the eighth grade following the death of her father. She worked as an actress with the Little Theater acting company and began writing poems and short stories. She married cartoonist Turhan Selçuk in 1958 and the couple had one child before they divorced. She became a full-time writer following her divorce in 1968. She published her first collection of short stories Parasiz Yatili (Free Boarding School) in 1971 and was awarded the Sait Faik Short Story Award. She published her first novel 47’liler (Those Born in ’47) in 1975 won and was awarded the Turkish Language Association Novel Award.
English language bibliography
One collection of Füruzan's short stories has been published in English languageEnglish language
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translation.
A Summer Full of Love
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short story collection by Turkish writer Füruzan published by Milet Books
Milet Books
Milet Books is a London publishing company that specialises in dictionaries and dual-language children’s literature.-Turkish-English Short Story Collections:...
, in dual Turkish
Turkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
and English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
translation by Damian Croft, as part of its series of Turkish-English Short Story Collections.
The publisher states that the author, “displays her remarkable sensitivity, psychological insight and evocative sense of place, while looking at the pleasures and pressures of family relations and the impact of social class divisions.”
A review in Write Away states that the style of the work, “is an excellent introduction to the techniques of short story writing, and encourages a realization of the different parameters that this genre requires,” before concluding that this is, “A challenging and immensely rewarding read...”
On-line translations
- The River at Boğaziçi University.
- In the Park by the Pier at Boğaziçi University.
Short story collections
- Parasiz Yatili (Free Boarding School) (1971)
- Kusatma (The Siege) (1972),
- Benim Sinemalarim (My Cinemas) (1973),
- Gecenin Oteki Yuzu (The Other Face of the Night) (1982),
- Gul Mevsimidir (It’s the Season for Roses) (1985).
Novels
- 47’liler (Those Born in ’47) (1975),
- Berlin’in Nar Cicegi (The Pomegranate Blossom of Berlin) (1988).
Filmography
- Sira sende fistik (1971, as actress)
- Ah güzel Istanbul (1981, as writer)
- Benim sinemalarim (My Cinemas) (1990, as writer & director)
Awards
- Awarded the 1971 Sait Faik Short Story Award for Parasiz Yatili (Free Boarding School)
- Awarded the 1975 Turkish Language Association Novel Award for 47’liler (Those Born in ’47 )