Sedat Simavi Literature Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 38 (2014) Winner
Murat Gülsoy
ムラト・ギュルソイ
Murat Gülsoy
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1967-00-00
- Nationality
- Turkey
- Languages
- Turkish, English
- Residence History
- Istanbul
Career
- Occupations
- writer, professor, editor
- Active Years
- 1992-
- Affiliations
- Bogazici University Press, Bogazici University Nazım Hikmet Culture and Art Research Center
- Influenced By
- Franz Kafka, Jorge Luis Borges, Umberto Eco, Laurence Sterne, John Fowles, Orhan Pamuk
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boğaziçi University | — | Institute of Biomedical Engineering | — | — | Turkey |
Boğaziçi University
Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Country:
Turkey
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Sait Faik Award | Steal This Book | — | — | winner |
| 2014 | Sedat Simavi Literature Award | — | — | Hürriyet Foundation | winner |
Sait Faik Award
2000
Work:
Steal This Book
Result:
winner
Sedat Simavi Literature Award
2014
Organization:
Hürriyet Foundation
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Steal This Book
2000 novelA postmodern parody referencing Abbie Hoffman's 'Steal This Book'.
postmodernismparody
Translations
- Stehlen Sie dieses Buch! (German)
Translations of Works
- Stehlen Sie dieses Buch! (German, Literaturca Verlag, 2007)
- Im Dunkeln (German, Wespennest 148, 2007)
- De man die dacht dat hij Orhan Pamuk Was (Dutch, Atlas, 2005)
- Crazy Old Man (English, Descant, 2003)
- My Life’s a Lie (English, Contemporary Turkish Short Fiction, 2009)
- Marked in Writing (English, The Book of Istanbul, 2010)
- A Week of Kindness in Istanbul (English, Aeolian Visions, 2013)
- Versteck mich (German, dtv Münhen, 2008)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- postmodernexperimental
- Recurring Motifs
- identityliterary parody
Legacy
Prominent Turkish writer whose works have been translated internationally; conducts creative writing workshops since 2004.
Trivia
- 'Bu Kitabı Çalın' parodies Abbie Hoffman's 'Steal This Book'.