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Peride Celal

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Peride Celal

Aliases: Peride Celâl / Peride Celal Yönsel

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1916-06-10 （Istanbul）
Died
2013-06-15 （Istanbul） age 97
Nationality
Turkish
Languages
Turkish
Residence History
Istanbul → Anatolia → Samsun → Bern (Switzerland)

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Story writer
Active Years
1935-2002
Affiliations
Elektrik Şirketi, Neşriyat Bürosu, Turkish Embassy in Bern, Basın Yayın Kurumu, Yeni İstanbul
Influenced
Selim İleri

Education

Samsun High School
Country: Turkey
Lycée Sainte-Pulchérie
Country: Turkey
French curriculum

Awards

Sedat Simavi Literature Award
1977
Work: Üç Yirmi Dört Saat
Organization: Hürriyet Foundation
Result: 受賞
Orhan Kemal Novel Prize
1991
Work: Kurtlar
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Üç Yirmi Dört Saat

1977 Novel

Kurtlar

1990 Novel

Bibliography

  • Sönen Alev (1938)
  • Yaz Yağmuru (1940)
  • Ana Kız (1941)
  • Kızıl Vazo (1941)
  • Ben Vurmadım (1941)
  • Atmaca (1944)
  • Aşkın Doğuşu (1944)
  • Kırkıncı Tepe (1945)
  • Dar Yol (1949)
  • Üç Kadının Romanı (1954)
  • Kırkıncı Oda (1958)
  • Gecenin Ucundaki Işık (1963)
  • Güz Şarkısı (1966)
  • Evli Bir Kadının Günlüğünden (1971)
  • Üç Yirmidört Saat (1977)
  • Kurtlar (1990)
  • Deli Aşk (2002)
  • Jaguar (1978)
  • Bir Hanım Efendinin Ölümü (1981)
  • Pay Kavgası (1985)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Early romantic novels, later focused on twisted lives of Turkish bourgeoisie
Recurring Motifs
Women's identitiesCorruption of bourgeoisie

Legacy

Prominent Turkish female author who won major awards including Sedat Simavi Literature Award and Orhan Kemal Novel Prize.

In Popular Culture

  • 'Present to Peride Celal' edited by Selim İleri (1996)

Trivia

  • Married to Atıf Yönsel (1940s? – 1978)
  • Daughter Zeynep Ergun is chair of English Language and Literature at Istanbul University
  • Spent most of childhood in Anatolia