Habib Bektaş (

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, 1 March 1951) is a

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writer who has lived in Germany since 1972. He lives with his wife in

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and he has two adult children. In Germany he has worked in several places (restaurants, pharmaceutical enterprises...) and as a columnist of the journals ''Evrensel'' and ''Yeni Hayat''.

Prizes

* 1982: Kulturförderpreis der Stadt Erlangen * 1989: Romanpreis des Milliyet Verlagshauses für den Roman ''Hamriyanım'' * 1997: Romanpreis des İnkılap Verlages für den Roman ''Gölge Kokusu'' * 2000: Türk Dil Derneği Ömer Asim Aksoy Preis des Instituts für die türkische Sprache für den Roman ''Cennetin Arka Bahçesi''

Works

* 1989 Yorgun Ölü, Yaba Verlag, Ankara * 1989 Hamriyanım, Remzi Verlag, Istanbul * 1981 Belagerung des Lebens, Ararat Verlag Berlin * 1983 Erlangen şiirleri, Derinlik Verlag, Istanbul * 1984 ohne dich ist jede stadt eine wüste, Damnitz-Verlag, München * 1985 Reden die Sterne, Damnitz-Verlag, München * 1985 Adresinde yoktur, Dayanışma Verlag, Ankara * 1989 Das vergessene wachsen, art-direct Verlag Erlangen, * 1991 Das Länderspiel, Heliopolis-Verlag, Tübingen * 1991 Uyuşturucu Batağı, Milliyet Verlag, Istanbul * 1991 Mein Freund, der Opabaum, Boje Verlag, Erlangen * 1991 Şirin wünscht sich einen Weihnachtsbaum, Ravensburger-Verlag * 1992 Sözü Yurt Edindim, Broy Verlag, Istanbul * 1994 Metin macht Geschichten, Boje Verlag, Erlangen * 1996 wie wir Kinder (Kindergedichte für Erw.), Verlag der Ev.-Luth. Mission Erlg * 1997 Zaghaft meine Sehnsucht, Horlemann Verlag, Bonn * 1997 Alamancı Metin, Kultusministerium der Türkei, Ankara * 1997 Gölge Kokusu, İnkılap Verlag, Istanbul * 1997 Meyhane Dedikleri, İnkılap Verlag, Istanbul * 2000 Cennetin Arka Bahçesi, Can Verlag, Istanbul * 2001 Ben Öykülere İnanırım, Can Verlag, Istanbul * 2002 babel zum trotz, Horleman Verlag, Bonn * 2005 Ein Gewöhnlicher Tag, Sardes Verlag, Erlangen * 2006 Ein Päckchen `H`, Sardes Verlag, Erlangen * 2006 Farbe des Lichts, Sardes Verlag, Erlangen * 2007 Hamriyanım – Frau Teig, Sardes Verla * 2008 Hinterhof des Paradieses (Roman) Sardes Verlag, Erlangen * 2008 Ein Gedicht, ohne Widmung, Sardes Verlag, Erlangen * 2009 Das Gedächtnis der Spiegel,€ Sardes Verlag, Erlangen * 2010 Ay Terazin Olsun, Yasak Meyve Verlag, İstanbul

External links and references

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20120409190245/http://www.habibbektas.com/ 1951 births Living people Turkish writers Turkish emigrants to Germany German male writers {{Germany-writer-stub