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Adalet Ağaoğlu

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Adalet Ağaoğlu

Aliases: Adalet Sümer
Pen Names: Remus TealadaPseudonym used in literary career, Parker QuinckPseudonym used in literary career

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1929-10-23 (Nallıhan, Ankara Province, Turkey)
Died
2020-07-14 (Istanbul, Turkey) age 90
Nationality
トルコ, Turkish
Languages
Turkish, French
Religion
Atheism
Residence History
Nallıhan (birthplace) → Ankara (from 1938) → Istanbul (from 1983)

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Playwright, Essayist, Memoirist, Short story writer
Active Years
1946-2018
Affiliations
Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), Human Rights Association (founder, 1986-2005)

Education

Ankara University
Faculty of Language, History and Geography / French Language and Literature Department
Period: 1946-1950
Year of Graduation: 1950
Country: Turkey
After Ankara Girls' High School

Awards

Turkish Presidency Merit Award
1995
Organization: Presidency of Turkey
Result: 受賞
Honorary Ph.D.
1998
Organization: Anadolu University
Result: 受賞
Ph.D. of Humane Letters
1998
Organization: Ohio State University
Result: 受賞
Türkiye İş Bankası Grand Prize in Literature
1992
Work: Too Far Too Close
Organization: Türkiye İş Bankası
Result: 受賞
Honorary Doctorate
2018
Organization: Boğaziçi University
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Ölmeye Yatmak (Lying to Die)

1973 Novel

First novel examining the turmoil and changes in recent Turkish history.

Social change in TurkeyModernism
Translations
  • English translation available

Bibliography

  • Ölmeye Yatmak (1973)
  • Fikrimin İnce Gülü (1976)
  • Bir Düğün Gecesi (1979)
  • Yazsonu (1980)
  • Üç Beş Kişi (1984) / Curfew (1997 Eng)
  • Hayır... (1987)
  • Ruh Üşümesi (1991)
  • Romantik Bir Viyana Yazı (1993)

Translations of Works

  • Curfew (English, 1997, trans. John Goulden)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Depiction of subtle and overt changes in modern Turkish societyModernism and social change
Recurring Motifs
Social upheavalPolitical oppressionIndividual vs. society

Health

  • Traffic accident injuries
    1996-1998
    Hospitalized for two years, impacting writing

Legacy

Regarded as one of the foremost novelists of 20th-century Turkish literature for her portrayal of changes in Turkish society.

Trivia

  • Her siblings include playwright and actor Güner Sümer.
  • Used pseudonyms Remus Tealada and Parker Quinck.
  • After 1996 traffic accident, called 'the most beautiful accident in Turkey' by Can Yücel.
  • Stopped writing after husband Halim Ağaoğlu's death in 2018.