Hakan Günday (born 29 May 1976) is a Turkish writer novelist and screenwriter. He was born on the island of

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in 1976. He lived in

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as a boy, before moving to

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where he completed Tevfik Fikret High School. He studied in

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, Université Libre de Bruxelles and

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. His first novel ''Kinyas ve Kayra'' came out in 2000. Notable works include Loss (Ziyan), which won the Prix France-Turquie, and ''More'' (''Daha'') which won the

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. Günday lives and works in

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Works

* Van’mourn and Chaira (Kinyas ve Kayra), 2000, novel * Garfish (Zargana), 2002, novel * Bastard (Piç), 2003, novel * A Cautionary Tale (Malafa), 2005, novel * Dismissal (Azil), 2007, novel * Loss (Ziyan), 2009, novel 2014 Prix France-Turquie * The Few (AZ), 2011, novel 2011 Best Novel in Turkey * More (Daha), 2013, novel, 2015 Le Prix Médicis étranger * Pronoun (Zamir), 2021, novel

References

Turkish novelists Prix Médicis étranger winners Writers from Istanbul Hacettepe University alumni Université libre de Bruxelles alumni Ankara University alumni 1976 births Living people {{Turkey-writer-stub