Alev Tekinay
Alev Tekinay (born October 15, 1951 in İzmir / Turkey ) is a Turkish linguist and writer.
Life
After graduating from the German grammar school in Istanbul , she moved to Munich in 1971. Here she studied German and graduated in 1979 with a doctorate on the subject of comparative studies of narrative motifs in German poetry of the Middle Ages and the literatures of the Orient . Then she worked as a teacher. From 1983 until her retirement in 2012, Tekinay was a research assistant at the University of Augsburg in the field of German as a foreign language and Turkish . She published a number of writings in her research area, particularly Turkish textbooks.
Since 1986 she has also published fiction , primarily short stories. In 1990 Tekinay received the Adelbert von Chamisso Award for her work .
Works (selection)
- Across all borders, short stories, 1986, ISBN 3-88653-096-5 .
- Die Deutschprüfung, Erzählungen, 1989, ISBN 3-925798-62-5 .
- Engin in the English Garden, children's and youth novel, 1990, ISBN 3-473-35112-1 .
- The Weeping Pomegranate, Roman, 1990, ISBN 3-518-38220-9 .
- A Fire Burns Inside Me, Stories, 1990, ISBN 3-925798-67-6 .
- The Rose Girl and the Turtle, Fairy Tale, 1991, ISBN 3-925798-08-0 .
- Just a Touch of Paradise, novel, 1993, ISBN 3-86099-429-8 .
- In between, a poem from 2001.
Works (textbooks)
- Günaydın . Introduction to the modern Turkish language. Two volumes. 2nd, enlarged and improved edition. Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden 2002 and 2005, ISBN 3-89500-275-5 , ISBN 3-89500-445-6
Web links
- Literature by and about Alev Tekinay in the catalog of the German National Library
See also
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tekinay, Alev |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish linguist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | İzmir |