Erdal Öz Literature Award
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (2023) Winner
Füruzan
ふりゅーざん
Füruzan
Aliases:
Feruze Çerçi
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1932-10-29 （Istanbul）
- Died
- 2024-02-11 （Istanbul） age 91
- Nationality
- Turkish
- Languages
- Turkish
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Istanbul
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Novelist, Short story writer
- Active Years
- 1971-2024
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Sait Faik Short Story Award | Parasiz Yatili | — | — | winner |
| 1975 | Turkish Language Association Novel Award | 47’liler | — | Turkish Language Association | winner |
Sait Faik Short Story Award
1971
Work:
Parasiz Yatili
Result:
winner
Turkish Language Association Novel Award
1975
Work:
47’liler
Organization:
Turkish Language Association
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Parasiz Yatili (Free Boarding School)
1971 Short story collectionHer first collection of short stories.
The poor
Translations
- English translation available
Bibliography
- Parasiz Yatili (1971)
- Kusatma (1972)
- Benim Sinemalarim (1973)
- 47’liler (1975)
- Gecenin Oteki Yuzu (1982)
- Gul Mevsimidir (1985)
- Berlin’in Nar Cicegi (1988)
Adaptations
- Benim sinemalarim (1990, writer & director)
Translations of Works
- A Summer Full of Love (2001 English)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Sensitive characterisations
- Recurring Motifs
- The poorTurkish immigrants abroad
Legacy
Turkish self-taught writer highly regarded for sensitive depictions of the poor and Turkish immigrants.
Trivia
- Married cartoonist Turhan Selçuk in 1958; divorced in 1968 and had one daughter.
- Acted in a film before becoming full-time writer.
- Buried in Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.