YaÅŸar Kemal (1923–2015)
Author of Memed, My Hawk
About the Author
Kemal Sadik Gokceli was born into a Turkish-Kurdish family in Hemite, Turkey in 1922. He worked as a cotton picker, tractor driver, and threshing machine operator before he took a job at the library in Adana. Since there were few patrons, he spent his time reading world literature. He discovered show more Marxism and was imprisoned for several months on charges of spreading Communist ideas. He moved to Istanbul in 1951 where he worked at the newspaper Cumhuriyet for over ten years and adopted the pen name Yasar Kemal. As a young journalist, he played a key role in stopping the planned destruction of a historic Armenian shrine, the Holy Cross Church on Akhtamar Island in eastern Turkey. In 1962, he joined the leftish Turkish Workers Party, and he served as one of its leaders until quitting after the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. His novels include the Wind from the Plain trilogy; Memed, My Hawk; and They Burn the Thistles. He received the Presidential Cultural and Artistic Grand Prize in 2008 and the Armenian Ministry of Culture gave him the Krikor Naregatsi decoration to recognize "his tribute to Armenian cultural heritage and his courage, as well as his commitment to universal values related to justice, freedom and human dignity" in 2013. He died on February 28, 2015 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by YaÅŸar Kemal
Bugünlerde Bahar İndi 2 copies
BÄ°R BULUT KAYNIYOR 1 copy
Memet My Hawk 1 copy
BU DÄ°YAR BAÅžTAN BAÅžA 1 copy
Mehmed Le Faucon 1 copy
BÃœTÃœN HÄ°KAYELER 1 copy
INCE MEMED 3 1 copy
ΙντζΠΜεμÎÏ„ 1 copy
Yolda 1 copy
Ä°nce Memed 1 copy
Ä°nce Memed I-II-III-IV 1 copy
Ağrıdağı Efsanesi 1 copy
Butun Hikayeleri 1 copy
Magre Memed 1 copy
Set of 3, Yasar Kemal, Turkish Book, Teneke Agridagi Efsanesi Yilani Oldurseler , Turkce Kitap, Turkce Roman, Turkish… (2017) 1 copy
Yesil Kertenkele 1 copy
Indje Memed, haiducul 1 copy
Die Disteln brennen (Memed-Romane): Roman. Memed-Romane II (Unionsverlag Taschenbücher) (2017) 1 copy
Zanpa rzak sugea 1 copy
ממד הרזה : רומן 1 copy
Tu schiaccerai il serpente 1 copy
Bambini 1 copy
Ohdakkeinen palavat 1 copy
Tynde Memed / 2. del, Bjergrøverne ; på dansk ved Mustafa Taran ; [tekstning: Rebecca Løwe] (1989) 1 copy
Çukurova yana yana... 1 copy
Ince Memed Ince Memed 1 copy
Il cardo 1 copy
Madu maha tappa! 1 copy
La sombra del halcón 1 copy
Memed il falco 1 copy
Associated Works
Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East (Words Without Borders) (2010) — Contributor — 198 copies
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- Canonical name
- Kemal, YaÅŸar
- Legal name
- Gökçeli, Kemal Sadık
- Other names
- Gökçeli, Kemal Sadık (birth)
- Birthdate
- 1923-10-06
- Date of death
- 2015-02-28
- Burial location
- Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı, İstanbul, Turkey
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Turkey
- Birthplace
- Gökçedam, Turkey
- Place of death
- Istanbul, Türkei
- Cause of death
- organ yetmezliÄŸi
- Places of residence
- Gökçedam, Turkey (birth)
Istanbul, Turkey - Occupations
- journalist
novelist - Relationships
- Kemal, Thilda (echtg.)
Kemal, AyÅŸe (zweite Ehefrau) - Organizations
- Cumhuriyet (newspaper)
Turkish Workers Party - Awards and honors
- "Seven Days in the World's Largest Farm" reportage series, Journalist's Association Prize (1955)
Ilhan Iskender Award for the play adapted from his book with the same name, Teneke ("The Drumming-Out") (1966)
The International Nancy Theatre Festival - First Prize for Teneke ("The Drumming-Out") (1966)
Madarli Novel Award for Demirciler Çarşısı ("Murder in the Ironsmith's Market") (1974)
Choix du Syndicat des Critiques Littéraires pour le meilleur roman etranger (1977)
Prix mondial Cino Del Duca decerné pour contributions a l'humanisme moderne; Paris, Octobre (1982) (show all 9)
Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur de France; Paris (1984)
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade (1997)
Premio per la Pace,Associazione librai tedeschi (1997)
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