Nihan Kaya

Nihan Kaya is a Turkish novelist, short-story writer, and Jungian literary critic.

As an undergraduate, Kaya studied English Literature at Boğaziçi University.^[1] She was awarded a master's degree in Psychoanalytic Studies at University of Essex, and later on, pursued her studies to doctoral level at King's College London.^[2]

Kaya's earlier work was published in literature journals such as Hece, Dergâh, and Kökler.^[3] Her second book, The Garret, was chosen 'the best book of the year' in the Story category by the Writers Union of Turkey (Türkiye Yazarlar Birliği) in 2004.^[4]

Kaya is a frequent guest on TRT 2, a state-owned TV channel in Turkey broadcasting mostly on the art life in the country. She also participates in Jung- and psychoanalysis-related academic conferences in Europe and the United States.^{[citation needed]}

Selected List of Works

Non-Fiction

• 2008 Compelled to Create: The Courage to Go Beyond. (In: Dreaming the Myth Onwards: Revisioning Jungian Therapy and Thought, edited by Lucy Huskinson) (ISBN 978-0-415-43838-4)

Fiction

• 2008 Disparöni [Dyspareunia] (ISBN 978-975-6124-08-6)
• 2006 Buğu [The Mist] (ISBN 975-995-046-4)
• 2004 Çatı Katı [The Garret] (ISBN 975-6611-88-X)
• 2003 Gizli Özne [The Hidden Self] (ISBN 975-6611-61-8)

References

1. ^ Boğaziçi University Reunion Association
2. ^ Nirengi Kitap
3. ^ Altındağ, Şehriban (2005-02-22). "İnsan ve hayat öyküde, öykü 'Çatı Katı'nda". Yeni Şafak. http://yenisafak.com.tr/arsiv/2005/subat/22/k02.html. Retrieved 2009-08-04. 
4. ^ TYB 2004 Awards

External links

• Nihan Kaya web site

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