European Union Prize for Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (2011) Winner
Çiler İlhan
チレル・イルハン
Çiler İlhan
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- Turkish, Dutch
- Languages
- Turkish, Dutch, English
- Residence History
- Istanbul, Turkey → Amsterdam, Netherlands
Career
- Occupations
- writer, short story writer, novelist, essayist, translator, book reviewer, travel writer
- Active Years
- 1990-2025
- Affiliations
- Turkish PEN, Dutch PEN
- Memberships
- Member of Turkish PEN, Member of Dutch PEN
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Yaşar Nabi Nayır Youth Awards | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2011 | EU Prize for Literature | Sürgün (Exile) | — | European Union (EU) | 受賞 |
| 2024 | EBRD Literature Prize (shortlisted) | Nişan Evi (Engagement) — English edition | — | EBRD | ショートリスト |
| 2024 | Duygu Asena Novel Prize (finalist) | Hayattayız Madem | — | — | ノミネート（最終候補） |
| 2017 | Prix du Livre Lorientales (shortlisted) | Sürgün (Exile) | — | — | ショートリスト |
Yaşar Nabi Nayır Youth Awards
1993
Result:
受賞
EU Prize for Literature
2011
Work:
Sürgün (Exile)
Organization:
European Union (EU)
Result:
受賞
EBRD Literature Prize (shortlisted)
2024
Work:
Nişan Evi (Engagement) — English edition
Organization:
EBRD
Result:
ショートリスト
Duygu Asena Novel Prize (finalist)
2024
Work:
Hayattayız Madem
Result:
ノミネート（最終候補）
Prix du Livre Lorientales (shortlisted)
2017
Work:
Sürgün (Exile)
Result:
ショートリスト
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Rüya Tacirleri Odası (Chamber of Dream Merchants)
2006 short story collectionA debut collection of interlinked short stories that move between dream and reality, exploring memory and identity.
dreamsmemorythe boundary between reality and fiction
Translations
- No widely known English translation
Sürgün (Exile)
2010 linked short storiesA series of interconnected stories dealing with themes from the invasion of Iraq to the lives of women from Batman and the fate of a laboratory, addressing exile, borders and personal loss.
exilewar and invasionwomen's experiencesmigration
Translations
- English translation: Istros Books (London), 2016
Nişan Evi (Engagement)
2021 novellaA striking novella told in a unique voice, based on the true story of a mass murder in May 2009, exploring violence and the wounds within communities.
violencecommunityfact-based fiction
Translations
- English translation: Istros Books (print edition, 2024)
Hayattayız Madem
2023 novelA novel spanning 1943 to 2018, from Amsterdam to Auschwitz and Aleppo to Istanbul, following a father and his daughters whose lives intersect with a Syrian refugee in their Istanbul neighborhood of Teşvikiye.
migration and refugeesintergenerational memorywar and remembrance
Bibliography
- Rüya Tacirleri Odası (2006)
- Sürgün (2010)
- Nişan Evi (2021)
- Hayattayız Madem (2023)
Translations of Works
- Sürgün translated into English (Istros Books, 2016) and published in over 20 countries
- Nişan Evi translated into English (Istros Books, 2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- allegorical and symbolic stylepreference for interlinked short-story structuresvaried and sometimes experimental narrative voices
- Recurring Motifs
- exile and mobilitymemory and dreamswomen's experiencesborders and identity
Legacy
Çiler İlhan, a Turkish–Dutch writer, has gained international recognition for works addressing war, migration and women's experiences. Her book Sürgün won the EU Prize for Literature and has been translated into many languages.
Academic Societies
- Turkish PEN
- Dutch PEN
Trivia
- Won the Yaşar Nabi Nayır Youth Award in 1993.
- Sürgün (Exile) won the EU Prize for Literature in 2011 and has been published in over 20 countries.
- The English edition of Nişan Evi was published by Istros Books in 2024 and was shortlisted for the EBRD Literature Prize.