Hakan Sürsal (born 12 July 1963 in
Ankara
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) is a
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.
Biography
Turkish writer of short stories, novels, essays, and poetry. Hakan Sürsal graduated from the
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Department of
Istanbul University
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in
Istanbul
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. Politics, history, and philosophy are the main sources of Sürsal's books.
Hakan Sürsal, his own fiction in the language of the new breath of contemporary Turkish literature.
Bibliography
* ''station/soot bowl direction (is'tas'yön)'' - poetry
* ''asexual Rodin (eşeysiz Rodin)'' - poetry
* ''dark room smiles (karanlıkoda gülücükleri)'' - poetry
* ''cigarettes and crows (sigaralar ve kargalar)'' - short stories
* ''the blue infirmary (mavi revir)'' - poetry
* ''sound, soup and fresh bread (ses,çorba ve taze ekmek)'' - poetry
* ''the joke (şaka)'' - essay
* ''bird tip (kuş ucu)'' - poetry
* ''take me to the old plane tree (beni yaşlı çınar'a götür)'' - novel
* ''browse gaps (göz boşlukları)'' - short stories / essay
* ''elephant with flowers (çiçekli fil)'' - poetry
* ''paper child (kâğıt çocuk)'' - novel
* ''raves about dying" (ölmek hakkında övgüler)'' - short stories
References
Turkish poets
Turkish writers
Living people
1963 births
Writers from Ankara
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