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Tomris Uyar

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Tomris Uyar

Aliases: Tomris Gedik

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1941-03-15 (Istanbul)
Died
2003-07-04 (Istanbul) age 62
Nationality
Turkey
Languages
Turkish, English
Residence History
Istanbul, Turkey

Career

Occupations
Writer, Translator
Active Years
1963-2003
Affiliations
Papirüs magazine, Yeni Dergi, Varlık
Influenced By
Virginia Woolf, Edgar Allan Poe
Influenced
Cemal Süreya

Education

Istanbul University
Faculty of Economics / Journalism Institute
Period: 1961-1963
Year of Graduation: 1963
Country: Turkey
Graduated from Journalism
Arnavutköy American Girls' College
Year of Graduation: 1961
Country: Turkey
Now Robert College

Awards

Sait Faik Short Story Award
1980
Work: Yürekte Bukağı
Category: 短編小説
Organization: Turkish Language Society
Result: 受賞
Sait Faik Short Story Award
1986
Work: Yaza Yolculuk
Category: 短編小説
Result: 受賞
Turkish Language Society prize
1975
Work: De rerum natura
Organization: Türk Dil Kurumu
Result: 受賞
Sedat Simavi Literature Award
2002
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Yürekte Bukağı

1979 Short story

Short story collection about heartbreak

Inner conflict

Yaza Yolculuk

1985 Short story

Journey to summer

Stream of consciousness

Bibliography

  • İpek ve bakır (1971)
  • Ödeşmeler (1973)
  • Dizboyu papatyalar (1975)

Translations by Author

  • Works by Virginia Woolf et al.

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Stream of consciousnessInterior monologue-dialogueOmission of punctuation for fluency
Recurring Motifs
Inner worldsExperimental narrative

Health

  • Esophageal cancer
    2003年頃
    Cause of death

Legacy

Prominent Turkish short story writer, honored with Google Doodle in 2020.

In Popular Culture

  • Google Doodle 2020

Trivia

  • Daughter Ekin drowned in milk
  • Married poets Ülkü Tamer and Turgut Uyar
  • Romances with poets like Cemal Süreya