Havva Pınar Kür (born 15 April 1943) is a Turkish novelist and dramatist. She currently teaches at

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. Pınar Kür is the daughter of

İsmet Kür İsmet Kür (born Zorluhankızı, 29 September 1916 – 21 January 2013) was a Turkish educator, journalist, columnist and writer of mainly children's literature. Her writings included children's stories, novels, memoirs, short story, poems, and n ...

(1916–2013), who was an educator, journalist, columnist and writer of mainly

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. Her maternal aunt

Halide Nusret Zorlutuna Halide Nusret Zorlutuna (1901 – 10 June 1984) was a Turkish poet and novelist. Biography Zorlutuna was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire as the daughter of Mehmet Selim Bey, a journalist and political prisoner. Brought up in exile with her ...

(1901–1984) was a poet. Kur is considered a leading Turkish novelist.

Life

Pınar Kür was born in Bursa on 15 April 1943. Kür is the daughter of

(1916–2013), who was an educator, journalist, columnist and writer of mainly

, and Behram Kur, a French and mathematics teacher. Her maternal aunt

(1901–1984) was a poet. She grew up in

Bilecik Bilecik is a city in northwestern Anatolia, Turkey. It is the seat of Bilecik Province and Bilecik District.Zonguldak Zonguldak () is a List of cities in Turkey, city of about 100 thousand people in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Zonguldak Province and Zonguldak District. Kür was also educated in New York, and then did her undergraduate studies at the Department of Advanced Languages at

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. In 1969 Kür earned a doctorate at the

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in Paris, with a thesis on “Reality and Illusion in Twentieth Century Theatre”. Kür worked as a dramaturge at the State Theatre in Ankara in the early 1970s, and then moved to Istanbul. She lectured at the Istanbul University School of Foreign Languages until 1985. She is now a lecturer at Bilgi University. Kur is considered a leading Turkish novelist. Kür published her first stories in the magazine Dost in 1971, and then published stories widely in newspapers and magazines such as

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, Yazko-Edebiyat, Hürriyet Gösteri, and Milliyet Sanat Magazine. She also published several novels. Her 1979 novel “Yarın Yarın” (Tomorrow, Tomorrow) covers the events of the March 12 period, and prompted the collection and destruction of Kür's first four novels. She was charged with obscenity, but a two-year court case acquitted Kür of any wrongdoing. Kür was awarded the 1984 Sait Faik Story Award, and in 2013 an honorary award from Ankara Story Festival.

Works

*Yarın Yarın (1976) *Küçük Oyuncu (1977) *Asılacak Kadın (1979) *Akışı Olmayan Sular (1983) *Bitmeyen Aşk (1986) *Bir Cinayet Romanı (1989) *Sonuncu Sonbahar (1992) *Bir Deli Ağaç (1992) *Hayalet Hikâyeleri (2004)

Translations

* Theo'ya Mektuplar / Vincent van Gogh (Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 1996) ISBN 978-975-363-551-6 * Vişnenin Cinsiyeti - Jeanette Wİnterson - (Sexing the Cherry) * Bağla Şu İşi * Aç Sınıfın Laneti * Ademden Önce - Jack London * Tutku - Jeanette Winterson ( The Passion) * Yabancı Kucak - Ian McEwan (The Comfort of Strangers) * Geniş Geniş Bir Deniz - Jean Rhys - (Wide Sargasso Sea) * Dalda Duran Kuşlar - Jean Rhys - (Öykülerinden seçmeler) * Günaydın Geceyarısı - Jean Rhys - Goodmorning Midnight * Karanlıkta Yolculuk - Jean Rhys - (Voyage in the Dark) * Dörtlü - Jean Rhys - (Quartet) * Karamlıkta Kahkaha - Vladimir Nobakov - (Laughter in the Dark) * Şaklaban - Morris West * Ailenin Laneti - Dashiel Hammet * Yunus İnsanlar - Tırsten Krol * Doğmamış Çocuğa Mektup * Durulmayan Bir Kafa - Kay Redfield Jamison

References

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