Sedat Simavi Literature Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (1985) Winner
Yaşar Kemal
ヤーサル・ケマル
Yasar Kemal
Aliases:
Kemal Sadık Gökçeli
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1923-10-06 （Gökçedam, Osmaniye Province, Turkey）
- Died
- 2015-02-28 （Istanbul, Turkey） age 91
- Nationality
- Turkey
- Languages
- Turkish
- Religion
- Islam
- Residence History
- Osmaniye Province → Istanbul
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Journalist, Human rights activist
- Active Years
- 1943-2002
- Affiliations
- Cumhuriyet newspaper, Workers Party of Turkey
- Memberships
- Workers' Party of Turkey (TİP)
- Nominations
- Nobel Prize in Literature candidate
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger | — | — | French Critics' Union | 受賞 |
| 1982 | Prix mondial Cino Del Duca | — | — | Cino Del Duca Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels | — | — | German Book Trade Peace Prize | 受賞 |
Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger
1979
Organization:
French Critics' Union
Result:
受賞
Prix mondial Cino Del Duca
1982
Organization:
Cino Del Duca Foundation
Result:
受賞
Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels
1997
Organization:
German Book Trade Peace Prize
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
İnce Memed (Memed, My Hawk)
1955 NovelCriticizes society through a protagonist who flees to the mountains due to oppression by the aghas.
OppressionPeasants' sufferingAnatolian legends
Adaptations
- [Film] Memed My Hawk / Peter Ustinov (1984)
Teneke (The Drumming-Out)
1955 NovelDepicts the lives of people in the Çukurova plain.
Rural lifeHardships
Adaptations
- [Opera] Teneke / Fabio Vacchi (2007)
- [Theater] Teneke
Bibliography
- Ağıtlar (Ballads) (1943)
- İnce Memed (Memed, My Hawk) (1955)
- Teneke (1955)
- Ince Memed II (They Burn the Thistles) (1969)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Epic styleBased on Anatolian folkloreRealism
- Recurring Motifs
- Peasant lifeOppression by landownersNature and humanity
Health
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Loss of right eye幼少期Knife accident as child
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Speech impediment5-12歳Due to trauma, lasted until age 12
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Respiratory insufficiency2015年Led to multiple organ failure and death
Legacy
Leading Turkish novelist of Kurdish descent, human rights activist. Received 38 awards, Nobel candidate.
In Popular Culture
- Works adapted into films and opera
Quotes
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I don't write about issues, I don't write for an audience, I don't even write for myself. I just write.
Source: Interview with The Guardian (2008)
Trivia
- Born to the only Kurdish family in a Turkmen village
- Witnessed father's murder at age 5
- Imprisoned in 1950 for alleged communist activities
- Wife Thilda translated 17 of his works into English