Afet Ilgaz

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Afet Muhteremoğlu Ilgaz (born January 2, 1937 in Ezine , † January 16, 2015 in Istanbul ) was a Turkish writer .

Life

After studying philosophy in Istanbul, she worked there as a teacher. She worked in literature from 1956, mainly writing short stories and novels . Before her wedding to the writer Rıfat Ilgaz , she published under the name Afet Muhteremoğlu.

Ilgaz has won a number of Turkish literary prizes. She also worked as the founder of a publishing house Sınıf Yayınları and her own elementary school. Only her short story Schöpferisch sein (1984) has been translated into German so far . As a columnist for Millî Gazete , she also worked as a journalist.

She died on January 16, 2015 in Istanbul at the age of 78.

Awards

  • Törehan Award (Yeni Istanbul)
  • Turkish Language Association Story Award
  • Writers Union of Turkey Award.

Works

Short stories

  • Bedriye (1963)
  • Başötülüler (1964)
  • Toprak (1968)

Children's books

  • Annem Annem (1974)
  • Değişen sevgiler (1976)

Travel report

  • İtalya mektupları (1962)

literature

  • Louis Mitler: Contemporary Turkish Writers. Indiana University, Bloomington (1988), 133.
personal data
SURNAME Ilgaz, Afet
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Muhteremoğlu, Afet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Ezine
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 2015
Place of death Istanbul