Erdal Öz

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Erdal Öz (born March 26, 1935 in Yıldızeli , Sivas Province , † May 6, 2006 in Istanbul ) was a Turkish writer and publisher .

Life

Öz came from Anatolia . He attended elementary school in Uzunköprü and Muğla , middle school in Antalya and he graduated from high school in Tokat . Öz initially studied law at the University of Istanbul , but finished his studies at the University of Ankara . Öz was politically left-wing and, because of his statements following the military coup in Turkey in 1971, was in custody for eight months and was tortured but acquitted in a court case. He dedicated the book Defterimde Kuş Sesleri (2003) to this phase of his life .

In 1981 he founded the Can Yayınları publishing house , where many well-known authors should publish a. a. Orhan Pamuk and Yaşar Kemal . Öz wrote a. a. Novels , poems and stories . He died of a lung disease in 2006.

He was married to a woman from Istanbul who came from a middle-class background.

Awards

Work (selection)

  • 1960: Yorgunlar (The Exhausted)
  • 1960: Odalarda (In the rooms)
  • 1974: Yaralısın (You are wounded. The novel deals with torture.)
  • 1976: Deniz Gezmiş Anlatıyor
  • 1976: Allı Turnam (travel report on the USSR)
  • 1986: Gülünün Solduğu Akşam
  • 2003: Defterimde Kuş Sesleri (bird songs in my booklet)

Erdal-Öz Literature Prize

In 2008 the Can Yayinlari publishing house awarded the Erdal-Öz Literature Prize .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Maximilian Popp: Uprising of an apolitical . In: Der Spiegel , June 24, 2013.
  2. ^ Yagmur Atsiz: Turkey: Intellectuals in court . In: Die Zeit , August 17, 1984.
  3. ↑ Turkish explorer of Yasar Kemal and head of the largest Turkish publishing house has died . In: Book Market , May 8, 2006.
personal data
SURNAME Öz, Erdal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish writer and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Sivas
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 2006
Place of death Istanbul