ITEF - Istanbul International Literature Festival, is an international literary event held in the city of
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...
to focus on a variety of genres, and to bring together writers, publishers, literary translators, critics and journalists for a series of inspirational encounters. Tanpınar is the author of famous novels such as ''A Mind at Peace'', ''Song in Mahur'', ''Waiting In The Wings'', ''The Institute of Synchronized Clocks'', and ''Woman in the Moon''.
ITEF - The Istanbul International Literature Festival establishes an annual forum for followers of Turkish and international literature. Authors, publishers, critics, translators, and members of the press from around the world will have the opportunity to meet, discuss and exchange ideas, and discover more about the rich literary voices coming out of Turkey today.
Participating authors
Attracting many important international literary figures, its six-day program, starting at the end of May, now features many events including panels, workshops and concerts.
The festival is planning to include events for children and young people.
2009
The first festival was held from 31 October to 3 November 2009. With 32 countries taking part, the foreign participation accounted for 50 authors out of the total of 83.
2009 Festival Theme: ''City and Time''
Visiting authors:
Abdelhay Moudden, Adam Fawer, Adela Greceanu, Adisa Bašić, Aleksandra Dimitrova,
Alek Popov
Alek Vasilev Popov (; 16 January 1966 – 22 March 2024) was a Bulgarian novelist, short story writer, essayist and scriptwriter, author of the novel ''Mission London''.
Biography
Alek Popov was born in Sofia on 16 January 1966.Alev Aksoy Croutier, Anahit Hayrapetyan,
Andrej Blatnik
Andrej Blatnik (born 22 May 1963) is a Slovene writer, editor, and professor.
Biography
Blatnik was born in Ljubljana in 1963. He received a master's in American literature at the University of Ljubljana's Faculty of Arts, and a PhD (on the i ...
Ayfer Tunç
Ayfer Tunç (born 1964 in Adapazarı) is a contemporary Turkish writer.
She graduated from the Istanbul University Faculty of Political Sciences. During her university years, she wrote many articles for various literature, culture and art magazi ...
, Barış Müstecaplıoğlu,
Bernardo Atxaga
Bernardo Atxaga (born 27 July 1951), pseudonym of Joseba Irazu Garmendia, is a Spanish Basque writer and self-translator.
He is a full member of the Royal Academy of the Basque Language since 2006, in November 2010, he was also named a member ...
, Berrin Karakaş, Can Eryümlü, Carme Riera, Christos Chryssopoulos,
Clare Azzopardi
Clare Azzopardi (born 5 July 1977) is a Maltese author who writes for both adults and younger readers. She has published many plays and books. One of which has recently been turned into a film.
Life
Born in St. Julian's, Malta, she eventually we ...
Çiler İlhan
Çiler İlhan is a Turkish-Dutch writer. İlhan has been an active writer since her youth. In 1993, she won the Yaşar Nabi Nayır Youth Awards award for one of her short stories. She regularly publishes stories, essays, book reviews, travel piece ...
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Dan Lungu
Dan Lungu (; born September 15, 1969) is a Romanian novelist, short story writer, poet and dramatist, also known as a literary theorist and sociologist. The recipient of critical acclaim for his short story volume ''Cheta la flegmă'' ("Quest for ...
Geert Mak
Geert Ludzer Mak (born 4 December 1946 in Vlaardingen) is a Dutch journalist and non-fiction writer.
Honors
For his book ''In Europe: Travels through the Twentieth Century'', he received the Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäische Verständigung (2 ...
Ingo Schulze
Ingo Schulze (born 15 December 1962) is a German writer born in Dresden in former East Germany. He studied classical philology at the University of Jena for five years, and, until German reunification, was an assistant director (dramatic arts a ...
Maureen Freely
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Biography
Born in Neptune, New Jersey, she is the daughter of author ...
, Marko Pogačar, Mehmet Açar, Milan Dobričić,
Mima Simić
Mima Simić (born Ana Marija Simić; 4 February 1976) is a Croatian writer, an awarded film critic, translator and an LGBTIQ+ media activist. She holds degrees in Comparative literature, Comparative Literature and English Language and Literature fr ...
, Mine Kırıkkanat, Mine Söğüt, Mirt Komel,
Nawal El Saadawi
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Olga Tokarczuk
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Olivier Rolin
Olivier Rolin (; born 17th May 1947 in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French writer.
He won the Prix Femina in 1994, for his novel ''Port-Soudan''.
His brother Jean
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* Jean (female given name)
* Jean (male given name)
* J ...
Petr Borkovec
Petr Borkovec (April 17, 1970, Louňovice pod Blaníkem) is a Czech poet, translator and journalist.
He studied Czech language and literature at the Philosophical Faculty of the Charles University but did not finish his studies.
His poems have ...
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Ragıp Zarakolu
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Biography
Ragıp Zar ...
Shimon Adaf
Shimon Adaf (; born 1972) is an Israeli poet and author born in Sderot. Shimon, born to parents of Moroccan origin, now lives in Jaffa.
Education and career
Shimon Adaf's first book of poetry, ''Icarus' Monologue'', won a prize from the Israe ...
, Solmaz Kamuran,
Tuna Kiremitçi
Tuna Kiremitçi (born 24 February 1973) is a contemporary Turkish singer-songwriter and crime author.
He is generally inspired by tragedies of common people, the dilemmas of women-men relationship in the society, and the melancholy of aging, all ...
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Valter Hugo Mãe
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, Yaprak Öz.
2010
2010 Festival Theme: "''City and Human''"
Visiting authors:
Adnan Binyazar,
Ahmet Altan
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, Ahmet Tulgar,
Ahmet Ümit
Ahmet Ümit (born September 30, 1960) is a Turkish author and poet. He is best known for his crime novels.
Early years
Ahmet Ümit was born in Gaziantep, in south-central Turkey, in 1960. His father was a kilim merchant and his mother a tailor. ...
Arnon Grunberg
Arnon Yasha Yves Grünberg (; born 22 February 1971) is a Dutch writer of novels, essays, and columns, as well as a journalist. He published some of his work under the heteronym Marek van der Jagt. He lives in New York. His work has been transl ...
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Ayfer Tunç
Ayfer Tunç (born 1964 in Adapazarı) is a contemporary Turkish writer.
She graduated from the Istanbul University Faculty of Political Sciences. During her university years, she wrote many articles for various literature, culture and art magazi ...
Çiler İlhan
Çiler İlhan is a Turkish-Dutch writer. İlhan has been an active writer since her youth. In 1993, she won the Yaşar Nabi Nayır Youth Awards award for one of her short stories. She regularly publishes stories, essays, book reviews, travel piece ...
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Dacia Maraini
Dacia Maraini (; born November 13, 1936) is an Italian writer. Maraini's work focuses on women's issues, and she has written numerous plays and novels. She has won awards for her work, including the Formentor Prize for ''L'età del malessere'' ...
Ellah Allfrey
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Etgar Keret
Etgar Keret (; born August 20, 1967) is an Israeli writer known for his short stories, graphic novels, and scriptwriting for film and television.
Early life
Keret was born in Ramat Gan, Israel in 1967. He is a third child to parents who survive ...
Georgi Gospodinov
Georgi Gospodinov Georgiev (; born 7 January 1968) is a Bulgarian writer, poet and playwright. His novel '' Time Shelter'' received the 2023 International Booker Prize, shared with translator Angela Rodel, as well as the Strega European Prize. ...
Jacek Dehnel
Jacek Maria Dehnel (born 1 May 1980 in Gdańsk, Poland) is a Polish people, Polish poet, writer, translator and painter.
Life and work
He graduated from the Stefan Żeromski High School No. 5 in Gdańsk, where he excelled in Humanities. Dehnel ...
, Josef Winkler, Leonard Durso, Luan Starova, Marco Ansaldo, Mari Strachan, Mario Levi, Mariolina Venezia, Mehmet Coral, Melida Tüzünoğlu, Mine G. Kırıkkanat, Mine Soysal,
Murat Belge
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Early life
Belge is the son of political journalist Burhan Asaf Belge (who was married to Hung ...
Ramsey Nasr
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He was born in Rotterdam. He was ' (Poet of the Fatherland; an unofficial title for the Dutch poet laureate) between January 2009 and January ...
Tuna Kiremitçi
Tuna Kiremitçi (born 24 February 1973) is a contemporary Turkish singer-songwriter and crime author.
He is generally inspired by tragedies of common people, the dilemmas of women-men relationship in the society, and the melancholy of aging, all ...
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Vincenzo Cerami
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Vladimir Makanin
Vladimir Semyonovich Makanin (; 13 March 1937 in Orsk, Orenburg Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union – 1 November 2017 in , Aksaysky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia) was a Russian writer of novels and short stories.
Life
Makanin graduated from the F ...
, Yalvaç Ural,
Yasemin Taşkın
Yasemin Taşkın is a Turkish journalist and writer who has lost her job because of the Turkish government's censorship
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, Yekta Kopan,
Youssef Ziedan
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Zülfü Livaneli
Ömer Zülfü Livanelioğlu (born 20 June 1946), better known as Zülfü Livaneli, is a Turkish musician, author, poet, and politician.
Livaneli was imprisoned several times during the 1971 Turkish military memorandum for his political views, ...
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2011
2011 Festival Theme: "''City and Food''"
Visiting authors:
Adam Foulds
Adam Samuel James Foulds FRSL ( ; born 8 October 1974) is a British novelist and poet.
Biography
Foulds was educated at Bancroft's School, read English at St Catherine's College, Oxford under Craig Raine, and graduated with an MA in creative w ...
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Ahmet Ümit
Ahmet Ümit (born September 30, 1960) is a Turkish author and poet. He is best known for his crime novels.
Early years
Ahmet Ümit was born in Gaziantep, in south-central Turkey, in 1960. His father was a kilim merchant and his mother a tailor. ...
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Alona Kimhi
Alona Kimhi (; born 1963) is an Israeli award-winning author and former actress.
Biography
Alona Kimhi was born in Lviv, Ukraine (then in the Soviet Union), in 1966 and emigrated to Israel with her family in 1972.
Following her army servic ...
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Antoine Westermann
Antoine Westermann (4 April 1946, Wissembourg, Alsace, France) is a French chef.
He held 3 Michelin, Michelin Guide stars for his Strasbourg restaurant ''Le Buerehiesel'' and maintained a star rating at the restaurant for over 31 years until 20 ...
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Antti Tuuri
Antti Elias Tuuri (born 1 October 1944, Kauhava, Southern Ostrobothnia) is a Finnish writer, known for his works dealing with Southern Ostrobothnia.
The ''Äitini-suku''-series tells the stories of the Finns who immigrated to the United State ...
, Artun Ünsal,
Aslı Perker
Aslı E. Perker (1975, İzmir) is a Turkish journalist and writer.
Biography
Aslı Perker was born in İzmir, Turkey in 1975. She graduated from Dokuz Eylül University with a degree in American Literature and Culture. After her university e ...
Çiler İlhan
Çiler İlhan is a Turkish-Dutch writer. İlhan has been an active writer since her youth. In 1993, she won the Yaşar Nabi Nayır Youth Awards award for one of her short stories. She regularly publishes stories, essays, book reviews, travel piece ...
Ellah Allfrey
Ellah Wakatama, OBE, Hon. FRSL (born 16 September 1966), is the Editor-at-Large at Canongate Books, a senior Research Fellow at Manchester University, and Chair of the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing. She was the founding Publishing ...
, Fatih Erdoğan,
Gabriela Adameşteanu Gabriela may refer to:
* Gabriela (given name), a Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian feminine given name
* ''Gabriela'' (1942 film), a Czech film
* ''Gabriela'' (1950 film), a German film
* ''Gabriela'' (1983 film), a Brazilian film
* ''Gabriela' ...
, Gökçe Ateş Aytuğ, Gönül Kıvılcım, Gül İrepoğlu, Hacer Yeni, Hakan Günday, Hande Altaylı,
Hanif Kureishi
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Early life and education
Hanif Kureish ...
Marjolijn Hof
Marjolijn Hof (born 1956) is a Dutch writer who lives in Amsterdam
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Mircea Dinescu
Mircea Dinescu (; born November 11, 1950) is a Romanian poet, journalist, and editor.
Biography
Early life and poetry
He was born in Slobozia, the son of Ștefan Dinescu, a metalworker, and Aurelia (born Badea). Dinescu studied at the Faculty ...
, Muhsin Kızılkaya, Özdemir İnce, Özlem Kumrular, Péter Zilahy, Reha Çamuroğlu, Sadık Yalsızuçanlar, Selim İleri, Shifra Horn, Silvia Ronchey,
Tatiana Salem Levy
Tatiana Salem Levy (born January 24, 1979 Lisbon) is a Brazilian writer and translator.
Early life and education
Levy's parents are Turkish Jews established in Portugal during the Brazilian military government.
She studied literature at the Fed ...
, Thilo Tiffany Murray,
Timothée de Fombelle
Timothée de Fombelle () is a French author and playwright.
He has recently been recognized for his novels '' Toby Alone'' and ', and both of the sequels. His plays, which include ''Le Phare'', ''Je danse toujours'', and ''Rose Cats'', have been ...
, Vladislav Bajac,
Zülfü Livaneli
Ömer Zülfü Livanelioğlu (born 20 June 1946), better known as Zülfü Livaneli, is a Turkish musician, author, poet, and politician.
Livaneli was imprisoned several times during the 1971 Turkish military memorandum for his political views, ...
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2012
2012 Festival Theme: "''City and Fear''"
Visiting authors:
Adnan Binyazar,
Adriaan van Dis
Adriaan van Dis (Bergen aan Zee, 16 December 1946) is a Dutch author. He debuted in 1983 with the novella ''Nathan Sid''. In 1995 his book ''Indische Duinen'' (''My Father's War''), which in its narrative is a follow-up to his debut novella, wa ...
,
Antjie Krog
Antjie Krog (born 1952) is a South African writer and academic, best known for her Afrikaans poetry, her reporting on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and her 1998 book '' Country of My Skull''. In 2004, she joined the Arts faculty of t ...
Ayfer Tunç
Ayfer Tunç (born 1964 in Adapazarı) is a contemporary Turkish writer.
She graduated from the Istanbul University Faculty of Political Sciences. During her university years, she wrote many articles for various literature, culture and art magazi ...
Burhan Sönmez
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Sönme ...
, Can Eryümlü, Çiğdem y Mirol, Doğu Yücel,
Ece Temelkuran
Ece Temelkuran (born 22 July 1973) is a Turkish journalist and author.
Biography
Ece Temelkuran was born on 22 July 1973 in İzmir. She was a columnist for ''Milliyet'' (2000–2009) and ''Habertürk'' (2009 January 2012), and a presenter on Hab ...
Herman Koch
Herman Koch (; born 5 September 1953) is a Dutch writer and actor. He has written short stories, novels, and columns. His best-selling novel '' The Dinner'' (2009) has been translated into 21 languages. He has acted for radio, television, and fi ...
Marjolijn Hof
Marjolijn Hof (born 1956) is a Dutch writer who lives in Amsterdam
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, Mehmet Erte,
Menekşe Toprak
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Early life and education
Toprak initially lived with her grandfather in a village in the Kayseri Prov ...
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Murathan Mungan
Murathan Mungan (born 21 April 1955) is a Turkish author, short story writer, playwright, and poet.
Biography
Mungan's family originates from Mardin.
His father is an Arab and mother is a Bosniak. After receiving his BA from the Faculty of L ...
Rodaan Al Galidi
Rodaan Al Galidi (born 1971) is a Dutch people, Dutch writer of Iraqi people, Iraqi descent. A trained engineer, he fled his native Iraq and came to the Netherlands in 1998. Al Galidi writes both prose and poetry in Dutch, a language he taught h ...
, Sadık Yalsızuçanlar,
Sevin Okyay
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, Sina Baydur, Stine Jensen,
Tuna Kiremitçi
Tuna Kiremitçi (born 24 February 1973) is a contemporary Turkish singer-songwriter and crime author.
He is generally inspired by tragedies of common people, the dilemmas of women-men relationship in the society, and the melancholy of aging, all ...
, Yekta Kopan, Yiğit Değer Bengi.
2013
2013 Festival Theme: "City and Game"
Visiting authors:
Alberto Manguel
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Ahmet Ümit
Ahmet Ümit (born September 30, 1960) is a Turkish author and poet. He is best known for his crime novels.
Early years
Ahmet Ümit was born in Gaziantep, in south-central Turkey, in 1960. His father was a kilim merchant and his mother a tailor. ...
, Andrea Winkler, Antonia Michaelis, Aslı E. Perker, Barbara Stok, Barış Müstecaplıoğlu, Bibi Dumon Tak, Bülent Somay, Can Evrenol,
Conor Kostick
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Çiler İlhan
Çiler İlhan is a Turkish-Dutch writer. İlhan has been an active writer since her youth. In 1993, she won the Yaşar Nabi Nayır Youth Awards award for one of her short stories. She regularly publishes stories, essays, book reviews, travel piece ...
David Peace
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, Doğu Yücel,
Ece Temelkuran
Ece Temelkuran (born 22 July 1973) is a Turkish journalist and author.
Biography
Ece Temelkuran was born on 22 July 1973 in İzmir. She was a columnist for ''Milliyet'' (2000–2009) and ''Habertürk'' (2009 January 2012), and a presenter on Hab ...
, Emre Soyak, Erbuğ Kaya, Ercüment Cengiz,
Eshkol Nevo
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, Eva Petric, Franziska Gehm, Galip Dursun, Gülşah Elikbank, Hakan Bıçakçı, Hakan Yaman, Hamdi Koç, Hasan Çolakoğlu, Hikmet Hükümenoğlu, Jan van Mersbergen, José Oliver, Katja Lange Müller, Kayra Küpçü, Kutlukhan Kutlu, Mario Levi,
Martin Rowson
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, Milan Jazbec, Mona Yahia, Murat Işık,
Murathan Mungan
Murathan Mungan (born 21 April 1955) is a Turkish author, short story writer, playwright, and poet.
Biography
Mungan's family originates from Mardin.
His father is an Arab and mother is a Bosniak. After receiving his BA from the Faculty of L ...
Sabri Gürses
Sabri Gürses (born February 7, 1972) is a Turkish writer. He has published poetry, novels, and short stories. His best-known novel in Turkey is ''Sevişme'' ("Making Love"), which is a science fiction novel about the way people use their bodies i ...
Sevin Okyay
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Thomas Stangl
Thomas Stangl (21 December 1854 in Aufhausen – 4 August 1921 in Würzburg) was a German classical scholar and text critic. He is found referenced most often for his edition of scholia to Cicero's speeches (''Ciceronis orationum scholiastae''), ...
, Viktor Horvath, Yekta Kopan, Yiğit Bener.
2014
2014 Festival Theme: "''City and Journey''"
Visiting authors:
Adam Pekalski, Alison Pick, Andrzej Bart, Asa Lind, Ayşegül Devecioğlu, Barış Müstecaplıoğlu, Belma Fırat, Buket Şahin,
Burhan Sönmez
Burhan Sönmez (born 1965) is a Kurdish novelist from Turkey. He is the President of PEN International, elected at the Centennial Congress in 2021. He is also Senior Member and a By-Fellow of Hughes Hall College, University of Cambridge.
Sönme ...
, Can Evrenol, Carl Johan Vallgren, Carles Sala i Vila, Defne Koryürek, Devrim Kunter, Douwe Draaisma,
Ece Temelkuran
Ece Temelkuran (born 22 July 1973) is a Turkish journalist and author.
Biography
Ece Temelkuran was born on 22 July 1973 in İzmir. She was a columnist for ''Milliyet'' (2000–2009) and ''Habertürk'' (2009 January 2012), and a presenter on Hab ...
Ezel Akay
Ezel Akay (born 20 January 1961) is a Turkish film actor, film director and film producer.
Life and work
After Ezel Akay graduated as a mechanical engineer from the Boğaziçi University, he was trained as actor at the US-American Villanova Univ ...
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Fatima Sharafeddine
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, Fehim Işık, Galip Dursun, Gülay Er Pasin, Gülbike Berkkam, Hakan Bıçakcı, Halil İbrahim Özcan, Handan Durgut, Honggyu Son,
Inka Parei
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The Festival of German-Language Literature () is a liter ...
, İkna Sarıarslan, İnci Aral, Joanna Olech, Jürgen Banscherus, Kutlukhan Kutlu, Levent Şenyürek, Maksut Aşkar, Maritgen Matter, Mehmet Berk Yaltırık,
Murat Belge
Murat Belge (born 16 March 1943) is a Turkish academic, translator, literary critic, columnist, civil rights activist, and occasional tour guide.
Early life
Belge is the son of political journalist Burhan Asaf Belge (who was married to Hung ...
Vincent Lam
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Early life and education
Born in London, Ontario, and raised in Ottawa, Lam's parents came to Canada from the Chinese expatriate community in Vietnam. He attended S ...
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Wojciech Kuczok
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Life and work
He graduated from Stefan Batory High School No. 3 in Chorzów. Previously, he attended Juliusz Słowacki Hi ...
, Yekta Kopan, Yiğit Değer Bengi,
Zygmunt Miłoszewski
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Novels
Zygmunt Miłoszewski published h ...
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2014 ''Literature In The Kitchen'':
Ahmet Yaşar, Artun Ünsal, Aylin Öney TAN, Bahri Vardarlılar,
Ece Vahapoğlu
Ece Vahapoğlu (born 8 March 1978, in Istanbul) is a Turkish author, television host, and journalist.
Early life
Vahapoğlu was born in Istanbul to a Turkish father, Mehmet Vahapoğlu, and a Bosnian mother Jasmina Muratović. Her great-grandmoth ...
, Gül İrepoğlu, İlhan Eksen, Kemalettin Kuzucu, Marianna Yerasimos, Mario Levi, Mary Işın, Mustafa Duman, Nazlı Pişkin, Nedim Atilla, Nevin Halıcı, Nilhan Aras, Özge Samancı, Sabri Koz, Sahrap Soysal, Sevim Gökyıldız, Sula Bozis, Yavuz Dizdar.
2014 ''İTEF Child'':
Ayda Kantar, Aytül Akal, Çiğdem Gündeş, Çiğdem Odabaşı, Fatih Erdoğan, Görkem Yeltan, İpek Kuşçu, Melek Özlem Sezer, Mustafa Delioğlu, Sara Şahinkanat, Seza Kutlar Aksoy, Simla Sunay, Toprak Işık, Tülin Kozikoğlu.
Fellowship programmes
2011 Fellowship participants
*Jonathan Lee (British Council, Britain)
*Alexandra Buchler (Literature Across Frontiers, Britain)
*Emmanuelle Collas (Galaade Publishing, France)
*Ivan Rod (Copenhagen Literature Festival, Danmark)
*Ursula Bergenthal (btb- Random House, Germany)
2012 Fellowship participants
*Sherif Bakr ( Al Arabi Publishing and Distributing, Egypt)
*Gudrun Vilmundardottir (Bjartur & Veröld, Iceland)
*Ingemar Nilsson (2244 / Bonnierförlagen, Sweden)
*Susan Curtis-Kojakovic (Istros Books, Britain)
*Mariagrazia Mazzitelli (Adriano Salani Editore Spa, Italy)
*Barbara Epler (New Directions, USA)
*Eric Visser (Publishing House De Geus, The Netherlands)
*Katrin Kliimask (Koolibri Publishers, Estonia)
*Geoffrey E. Taylor (Harbourfront Literature Festival, Canada)
*Kathrin Scheel (Schöffling & Co., Germany)
*Mitchell Albert (Writers' Centre Norwich, Britain)
*Anne-Louise Fisher (Anne-Louise Ficher Associates, Britain)
*Karolina Iwaszkiewicz (Wydawnictwo W.A.B. Sp. Z o.o, Poland)
*Feng Liu (Phoenix Publishing & Media, Inc, China)
*Magdalena Obradovic (Pula Lbook Fair, Croatia)
*Pablo Moreno (Spanish translator, Spain)
*Rakesh Jobanputra (English translator, Turkey)
*Anna Selby (Norwich Writers Center, Britain)
*Camille Bloomsfield (European Society of Authors, France)
*Baki Bilgili (Antakya Bienal, Turkey)