Buket Uzuner was born in Ankara in 1955. She studied molecular biology and graduated from Hacettepe University. After completing her study on environmental science at Bergen University and Michigan University, she worked as a research assistant at Tampere Technical University in Finland, and Middle East Technical University, Turkey.
Uzuner won Yunus Nadi Prize for her novel “The Sound of Fishsteps (Balık İzlerinin Sesi)” in 1993. Her novel “Mediterranean Waltz (Kumral Ada- Mavi Tuna)” was awarded the Best Novel of 1998 by the University of Istanbul. Her books have been translated into eight languages.
Uzuner has been presented as an honorary fellow writer by the University of Iowa since 1996. In 2004, she received an award of appreciation from the senator of Middle East Technical University. She has travelled widely in North Africa, North America and Europe. Currently, Uzuner lives and works in Istanbul.
Novels:
"Two Green Otters, Their Mothers, Their Fathers, Their Lovers, and the Others" (1991)
"The Sound of Fishsteps" (1993 Yunus Nadi Novel Award)
"The Mediterranean Waltz" (1997)
"Long White Cloud-Gallipoli" (2001)
"Istanbulians" (2007)
"The Adventures of Misfit Daphne Shaman/Water Book" (2012)
"Uyumsuz Defne Kaman′ın Maceraları: Su" (2012)
Short Story Collections:
"My Name is May" (1986)
"The Most Naked Day of the Month" (1988)
"The Sun Eating Gypsy" (1989)
"The Sorrow of the Northwest Wind" (1993)
"The City of Poets" (1994)
"Tale, The Sister of Verse" (2003)
"Istanbul Blues" (2004)
"On the Road" (2009)
Travel Writing:
"The Travel Notes of a Brunette" (1989)
"The Diary of an Urban Romantic" (1998)
"New York Logbook" (2000)
Autobiography:
"Silver Summer, Silver Girl" (2002)
Essay:
"Travels with Selin and Cem" (2003)
"My Name is Istanbul" (2011)
Graphic Novel:
"Istanbulians" (graphic artist: Ayse Nur Ataysoy-2011)
Reference: buketuzuner.com, everestyayinlari.com |
