Yaşar Kemal

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born

January 01, 1923 in Adana, Turkey

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http://www.yasarkemal.net/

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Literature & Fiction

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Born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli in Hemite (now called Gökçeadam), Osmaniye.

He assumed the pseudonym of Yasar Kemal while working as a journalist in Cumhuriyet newspaper. He started to gain recognition with his reportages during this period, which encompassed the economical and communal problems of Anatolia. He wrote; “Fifty Days in the burning forests” (“Yanan Ormanlarda Elli Gün” 1955), While Chukurova Burns (“Çukurova Yana Yana” 1955), “Seven Days at the world’s largest Farm” (“Dünyanın En Büyük Çiftliğinde Yedi Gün” 1955), “The Fairy Chimneys” (“Peri Bacaları” 1957).

The author’s most prominently recognised novel (İnce Memed) Memed, My Hawk has been published in 40 languages, while his other works have been published in many languages as well. H...more Born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli in Hemite (now called Gökçeadam), Osmaniye.

He assumed the pseudonym of Yasar Kemal while working as a journalist in Cumhuriyet newspaper. He started to gain recognition with his reportages during this period, which encompassed the economical and communal problems of Anatolia. He wrote; “Fifty Days in the burning forests” (“Yanan Ormanlarda Elli Gün” 1955), While Chukurova Burns (“Çukurova Yana Yana” 1955), “Seven Days at the world’s largest Farm” (“Dünyanın En Büyük Çiftliğinde Yedi Gün” 1955), “The Fairy Chimneys” (“Peri Bacaları” 1957).

The author’s most prominently recognised novel (İnce Memed) Memed, My Hawk has been published in 40 languages, while his other works have been published in many languages as well. He has had over 140 editions published outside of Turkey. He is an internationally recognised and widely read author who has also been a candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Adaptations from his novels and stories have contributed to Turkish Theatre as well. Yer Demir Gök Bakır (Iron earth Copper Sky) was staged with the name of Uzundere (Long River) in 1965. Teneke (Drumming Out) was adapted as a play and staged by Gülriz Sururi-Engin Cezzar Theatre in 1965, while Ağrı Dağı Efsanesi (The Legend of Mount Ararat) was staged in various theatres in 1974. Many of his works were also adapted for the cinema. Beyaz Mendil (The White Handkerchief) was directed by Lütfü Akad in 1955; “Namus Düşmanı” (Dishonourable) was directed by Ziya Metin in 1957. “Alageyik” (The Fallow Deer), “Karacaoğlan’ın Sevdası” (The love of Karadjaoglan) and “Ölüm Tarlası” (The Field of Death) were directed by Atıf Yılmaz in 1959, 1959 and 1966 respectively. “Ağrı Dağı Efsanesi” (The Legend of Mount Ararat) was directed by Memduh Ün in 1974; “Yılanı Öldürseler” (To Crush the Serpent) was directed by Türkân Şoray in 1981, “İnce Memed” (Memed My Hawk) was directed by Peter Ustinov in 1984 and “Yer Demir Gök Bakır” (Iron Earth, Copper Sky)was directed by Zülfü Livaneli in 1987.(less)

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Average rating: 4.03 · 1,279 ratings · 52 reviews · 53 distinct works

	Memed, My Hawk by Yaşar Kemal, Edouard Roditi (Translator) 4.05 avg rating — 525 ratings — published 1955 — 24 editions	My rating:
	Fırat Suyu Kan Akıyor Baksana (Bir Ada Hikayesi 1) 4.33 avg rating — 64 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	İnce Memed 3 4.45 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Yılanı Öldürseler 3.82 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Üç Anadolu Efsanesi 3.61 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1967 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Legend Of Ararat 3.83 avg rating — 81 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Karıncanın Su İçtiği (Bir Ada Hikayesi 2) 4.48 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Iron Earth, Copper Sky 4.13 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1974 — 5 editions	My rating:
	They Burn the Thistles (İnce Mehmed, #2) by Yaşar Kemal, Margaret E. Platon (Translator), Bill McKibben (Introduction) 4.07 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1969 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Binboğalar Efsanesi 3.96 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1971 — 6 editions	My rating:

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İnce Memed (4 books)
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“Bu dağlarda bin kere ölmeden, bir kere dirilemezsin.”
― Yaşar Kemal, Ince Memed 4

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