- Latife Tekin
Infobox Writer
name = Latife Tekin
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birthdate =1957
birthplace =Kayseri ,Turkey
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occupation =Novelist
nationality = Turkish
period = 1983-present
genre =Novel
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movement =Magic realism
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influences =Gabriel García Márquez
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website =Latife Tekin is one of the most influential Turkish female authors. She was born in 1957 in
Kayseri ,Turkey . She continued her education inIstanbul . In 1983, her famous novel Sevgili Arsız Ölüm (Dear Shameless Death) was published. Themagic realism in the book was drawn from the Anatolian folklore and traditions. Latife Tekin's childhood in Kayseri, a multicultural city at a central point in Anatolia, influenced both her first book and the others in this aspect.Works
Novels
*Sevgili Arsız Ölüm (Dear Shameless Death) (1983)
*Berci Kristin Çöp Masalları'nı (1984)
*Gece Dersleri (1986)
*Buzdan Kılıçlar (1989)
*Aşk İşaretleri (1995)
*Ormanda Ölüm Yokmuş (2001)
*Unutma Bahçesi (2004)
*Muinar (2006)Plays/Scripts
*Bir Yudum Sevgi (1984)
Memoirs
*Gümüşlük Akademisi (1977)
ee also
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Turkish literature
*List of postmodern authors External links
* [http://www.kultur.gov.tr/EN/BelgeGoster.aspx?17A16AE30572D313D4AF1EF75F7A7968AD2159C2926A9E50 "Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors"] —a very comprehensive encyclopedia from the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism
* [http://www.turkish-lit.boun.edu.tr/ "Contemporary Turkish Literature"] —an excellent and well-translated selection of contemporary Turkish literature hosted byBoğaziçi University inIstanbul
* [http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~sibel/poetry/translation.html "Turkish Poetry in Translation"] —a website with a good selection of both contemporary and somewhat older Turkish poems
* [http://www.turkishculture.org/ "Turkish Cultural Foundation"] —a website with a great deal of information on a number of Turkish authors and literary genres
* [http://learning.lib.vt.edu/slav/lit_authors_turkish.html "Selected Literatures and Authors Page: Turkish Literature"] —a website with a number of Turkish literature-related links
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