Haydar Karataş
Haydar Karataş (* 1973 in Hozat ) is a Turkish writer .
Karataş spent a long time in prison in Turkey as a political activist before emigrating to Switzerland, where he has lived as a writer ever since. In his 2010 novel “Nachtfalter”, Karataş tells the great tragedy of the Dersim uprising from the perspective of a little girl.
life and work
Haydar Karataş was born in 1973 in the village of Haçeli in Dersim (Tunceli), Anatolia, as the seventh child in a family of twelve. Up to the age of six he only spoke Zazaki, he only learned Turkish when he attended boarding school. He was already politically active during his time at high school in Istanbul and published his first short story in a magazine. This earned him his first arrest.
Haydar Karataş was involved in a left-wing organization and was thrown in prison in 1992, where he spent a total of ten years and four months. The writing helped him get through prison time. From 1996 to 2000 he wrote the novel »Nachtfalter«. However, all records were confiscated.
After his release, he emigrated to Switzerland in 2003, where he has lived and worked ever since. After a visit from his mother in 2007, he succeeded in reconstructing the novel, which is based on the life story of his mother and grandmother. In 2010 "Gece Kelebeği" (moth) was published in Turkish. The fairy tales contained therein are a reminiscence of the stories told by his parents every evening, the plot and dialogues reflect the traditions, rituals and everyday culture of the native Dersim of his childhood.
»Nachtfalter« is the second book in a trilogy. The first volume called "On İki Dağın Sırrı" (The Secret of the Twelve Mountains) was published in 2012 in Turkish. Haydar Karataş is currently writing the third volume of the trilogy. So far he has published short stories in the anthologies »Bir Dersim Hikâyesi« (A story from Dersim, 2012), »Merhaba Asker« (Hello Soldier, 2013) and »İstenmeyen Çocuklar. Roboski Katliamını Hatırlamak ve Hatırlatmak «(The unwanted children. Reminder and reminder of the Roboski massacre, 2014). He writes a weekly literary essay for the Sunday edition of the daily »Bir Gün«.
Works
- Moth / Perperık-a Söe. Dagyeli, J & D (Verlag) 2016, ISBN 978-3-935597-89-0 .
- Gece Kelebeği / Perperık-a Söe. İletişim Yayınları 2010, ISBN 978-975-05-0770-0 .
- On İki Dağın Sırrı. İletişim Yayınları 2012, ISBN 978-975-05-1066-3 .
- Bir Dersim Hikayesi. Metis Yayınları, 2012, ISBN 978-975-342-872-9 .
- Merhaba Asker. Metis Yayınları, 2014.
- Zaroken Nexwesti, Roboski. (with Mücke Tuzcuoglu), 2014, ISBN 978-975-05-1680-1 .
- Ejma'nın Rüyası. NoteBene Yayınları, 2017, ISBN 978-605203602-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Haydar Karataş in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website Haydar Karataş (Turkish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karataş, Haydar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hozat , Tunceli (province) |