European Union Prize for Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (2017) Winner
Sine Ergün
シネ・エルギュン
Sine Ergun
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- null
- Died
- null
- Nationality
- Turkish
- Languages
- Turkish
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Editor, Art director
- Active Years
- 2010-
- Affiliations
- Editor at Notos (magazine), Founding director of Maumau (art initiative)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Sait Faik Short Story Award | Bazen Hayat | — | Sait Faik award organization | 受賞 |
| 2017 | EU Prize for Literature | Baştankara (Titmouse) | — | European Union | 受賞 |
Sait Faik Short Story Award
Work:
Bazen Hayat
Organization:
Sait Faik award organization
Result:
受賞
EU Prize for Literature
2017
Work:
Baştankara (Titmouse)
Organization:
European Union
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Burası Tekin Değil (It's Not Safe Here)
2010 Short storiesA short story collection that explores urban anxieties and individual unease, depicting loneliness and the cracks in everyday life.
urban lifeanxietyloneliness
Bazen Hayat (Life, Sometimes)
2012 Short storiesA collection of short stories composed of fragments of everyday life, offering delicate perspectives on moments of existence.
everyday lifememoryfemale perspective
Baştankara (Titmouse)
2016 Short stories / Contemporary literatureA major recent work: a collection of short stories where everyday reality and the fantastic intersect, layering inner life and fragments of the city.
memorycityself-awareness
Bibliography
- Burası Tekin Değil (2010)
- Bazen Hayat (2012)
- Baştankara (2016)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical, fragmentary prosecontemporary Turkish experimentalism
- Recurring Motifs
- memoryfragments of everyday lifethe city (e.g. Istanbul)female perspective
Legacy
Recognized among young Turkish writers for her short fiction; active as an editor and founding director of an art initiative. Gained international attention after receiving the EU Prize for Literature.
Trivia
- Has published three books, mainly short story collections.
- Her second book 'Bazen Hayat' won the Sait Faik Short Story Award (year unspecified).
- Her third book 'Baştankara' won the EU Prize for Literature (2017).
- Has edited Notos magazine and is the founding director of the Maumau art initiative.