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

Istanbul Bilgi University Istanbul Bilgi University ( tr, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi), officially established in 1996, is a private university located in Istanbul, Turkey. The university has 4 campuses centrally-located in Istanbul namely SantralIstanbul, Kuştepe, Do ...

. 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 no ...

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

children's literature Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's ...

. 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 f ...

(1901–1984) was a poet.

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

Living people Turkish non-fiction writers Turkish scientists Turkish literary critics Boğaziçi University alumni Alumni of Arnavutköy American High School for Girls 1943 births {{turkey-writer-stub