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Nezihe Meriç

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Nezihe Meriç

Aliases: N. Ufuk

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1924-02-28 (Gemlik, Bursa, Turkey)
Died
2009-08-18 (Istanbul, Turkey) age 84
Nationality
Turkey
Languages
Turkish
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Gemlik → Kırşehir → Eskişehir → Istanbul → Heybeliada

Career

Occupations
Writer, Music Teacher
Active Years
1945-2009
Affiliations
Heybeliada İlkokulu, Dost Yayınları

Education

Eskişehir Lisesi
High School
Period: ~1943
Year of Graduation: 1943
Country: Turkey
High school graduation

Awards

Türk Dil Kurumu Ödülü
1962
Work: Korsan Çıkmazı
Organization: Türk Dil Kurumu
Result: 受賞
Sanat Sevenler Derneği Ödülü
1969
Work: Sular Aydınlanıyordu
Organization: Sanat Sevenler Derneği
Result: 受賞
Sait Faik Hikâye Armağanı
1990
Work: Bir Kara Derin Kuyu
Organization: Sait Faik Foundation
Result: 受賞
Sedat Simavi Edebiyat Ödülü
1998
Work: Yandırma
Organization: Hürriyet Foundation
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Bozbulanık

1953 Short Story

Early short story collection

Loneliness

Korsan Çıkmazı

1962 Novel

Award-winning novel

Social Issues

Bir Kara Derin Kuyu

1989 Short Story

Sait Faik Award winner

Women's Inner World

Bibliography

  • Bozbulanık (1953)
  • Topal Koşma (1956)
  • Menekşeli Bilinç (1965)
  • Dumanaltı (1979)
  • Bir Kara Derin Kuyu (1989)
  • Boşlukta Mavi (1992)
  • Yandırma (1998)
  • Gülün İçinde Bülbül Sesi Var (2008)
  • Çisenti

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Introspective narrative
Recurring Motifs
Women's lonelinessChild issues

Health

  • Cancer
    晩年
    Cause of death

Legacy

One of the important short story writers of the 1950s in Turkish literature. Focused on women's and children's issues, pioneering female writer

Trivia

  • Dropped out of university and worked as a music teacher
  • Imprisoned for publishing Nazım Hikmet's book at Dost Yayınları
  • Lived in hiding from 1968-1974