Rustu Cumhur Oranci (born October 28, 1960 in
Istanbul
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) is a Turkish writer and literary
translator
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. He left Turkey before the
coup d'état of 12 September 1980 and spent some time in
Europe
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working as journalist. He became a radio operator on merchant vessels. He wrote a magical realist account of his life on the high seas in his first novel ''Butterfly’in İntihar Seferi'' (The Suicide Voyage of the Butterfly), published by Telos, Istanbul in 1991.
He currently lives in Istanbul and works as a full-time writer.
External links
Cumhur Oranci's official site
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Turkish writers
Turkish translators
1960 births
Living people
Translators from English
Translators to Turkish