Oya Baydar
Oya Baydar (born July 3, 1940 in Istanbul ) is a Turkish writer and journalist.
Life
Baydar attended the French grammar school in Istanbul and studied sociology. She became involved in the political left early on. As a founding member of the Turkish Socialist Workers Party, she was targeted by the military government after the coup in 1980 and was initially imprisoned. After fleeing the military coup in September 1980, she lived in Frankfurt am Main for twelve years. In 1992 she was able to return to Turkey due to an amnesty. Under the impression of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the author, who had been silent for 30 years, began to write again. In 2001 she founded the Turkey Peace Attempt, of which she is still the spokesperson. Since returning to Turkey, she has been working as a journalist, publicist and writer in Istanbul. She is married to the Turkish journalist Aydın Engin and has one son.
Novels
In 2011 the German version of Oya Baydar's novel Das Judasbaumtor was published , for which the author received the Cevdet Kudret Literature Prize, one of the most important Turkish literary prizes. It is a portrait of Istanbul from four different perspectives and at the same time a confrontation between the revolutionary left and the Turkish state portrayed from these different perspectives.
Works
- Elveda Alyosa . 1991 (German: Adieu Alyosha, short stories)
- Kedi Mektupları . 1992 (German: Katzenbriefe, Roman)
- Hiçbiryere dönüş .1999 (German: return to nowhere, short stories)
- Sıcak külleri kaldı . 2000 (German: hot ashes remained, novel)
- Erguvan Kapısı . 2004 (German: Das Judasbaumtor, Roman, Ullstein, Berlin 2011 ISBN 978-3-550-08868-1 , German by Monika Demirel)
- Kayıp Söz . 2007 - Lost Words . Claassen, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-546-00435-0 (novel, translated by Monika Demirel)
- Çöplüğün Generali . 2009 (German about: Müllhaldengeneral, Roman)
Literary prizes
- 1992 Sait Faik Literature Prize
- 1993 Yunus Nadi Prize
- 2001 Orhan Kemal Literature Prize
- 2004 Cevdet Kudret Literature Prize
Web links
- Literature by and about Oya Baydar in the catalog of the German National Library
- Reading sample
- Interview with Oya Baydar: Holding up the mirror to society
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baydar, Oya |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Engin, Oya; Sencer, Oya |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd July 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Istanbul |