Ahmet Umit

Background

Ahmet Ümit was born in Gaziantep in 1960.

Education

He finished his primary, middle and high school there. In 1983, he graduated in Public Administration from Marmara University, and he wrote his first story in the same year. After the1980 Impact he attended the Constitution campaign.

Between 1985 and 1986, he was educated at the Moscow Social Sciences Academy.

Career

He is known for his work in crime novels in thrillers. He wrote a statement about his friend who arrested while hanging a poster to the walls. He signed his statement with a fake name called "K. Yalçın".

He has a daughter named Gül Ümit Gürak, he has a grandchild named Rüzgar Gürak.

Ahmet Ümit"s life being an author started with his first work about literature named “Sokağın Zulası”, published in 1989. In 1990, with a group of literature lovers, he published an artificial Turkish magazine named “Hişt”.

He published his poems, stories and works in some artificial magazines and newspapers such as Adam Sanat, Öküz, Cumhuriyet, Kitap and Yeni Yüzyıl. His first book of short crime stories,“Çıplak Ayaklıydı Gece“, was published in 1992.

Çıplak Ayaklıydı Gece was the book that introduced Ahmet Ümit to the public and also made thrillers popular.

In 1994 he wrote the script for "Çakalların İzinde", broadcast on ATV. Then in 1995 he wrote some criticism and other articles about authors such as Franz Kafka, Dostoyevski, Patricia Highsmith, Edgar Allan Poe and thriller writers in various newspapers and magazines. His novel "Sis ve Gece" was very exciting and one of his best books "Sis ve Gece" was extremely popular in Turkey but also became controversial.

lieutenant was published in Greece and it was the first Turkish thriller to be translated into any foreign language.

Also there were television series made from his novels such as, "Karanlıkta Koşanlar" and "Şeytan Ayrıntıda Gizlidir". The movie "Sis ve Gece" was filmed by a well-known director, Turgut Yasalar.

His books were translated to many language. One of his most important novel "İstanbul Hatırası" was published on 4 June 2010.

He also has some comics.

His books are published by Everest Publications. Now, he has a programme named "Önce Söz Vardı". The programme is on NTV ( A Turkish television channel) every saturday at 23:15 GMT.

Achievements

• That year, he won the Ferit Oğuz Bayır Art Award for that book

Works

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  • A Tale within a Tale

    (Contemporary Turkish Literature: 21 First published in Tu...)

  • The Dervish Gate

    (Translation of the Turkish first edition novel Bab-i Esra...)

  • Patasana

    (Translation of the novel with the same title, by Amy Span...)

  • The Dervish Gate

    (Translation of the book Bab-i Esrar. Editors: Translator:...)

  • Patasana

Politics

This statement was shown in " Atılım Magazine" and "Peace and Socialism Magazine".

Membership

He was a member of the Turkish Communist Party and he was sent to Moscow.

Connections

Friend:

İskender Pala