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Kemal, Yasar was born in 1923 in Adana, Turkey, WORLD0. Son of Sadik and Nigar Gokceli.
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To Crush the Serpent
(A staggering, shattering novel from Turkey's greatest nov...)
A staggering, shattering novel from Turkey's greatest novelist. Since Halil was shot dead in his own home by his wife Esme's former suitor, the village has pointed the finger of guilt at the dead man's beautiful widow: she must have arranged the murder. The task of vengeance falls on Esme's little son, Hassan: year after year he is groomed for it, his devotion to his mother sapped with talk of the unavenged ghost of Halil and his father, doomed to roam the countryside as a translucent red snake, an insect, a bird. Hassan hears tales against his mother. How long will her innocence protect her? The stark tale of cruelty and vendetta is told in a narrative of relentless tension, reminiscent of Greek tragedy. it is one of Yashar Kemal's most beautiful and haunting novels.
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The wind from the plain,
(The entire population of a remote village in the Taurus M...)
The entire population of a remote village in the Taurus Mountains make an arduous trek to pick cotton on the plains. This way they will earn enough money to pay their debts and buy the necessaries for a bitter highland winter. But one year, an elderly pair of villagers is unable to go on foot and so begin the journey together on a tired old nag. The conflict that develops between them on their way results in a war of words and cunning that lights with sharp comedy the sombre drama of the march. But when the nag finally dies and they fall behind the other villagers, it is the heroic Long Ali who has to show them both compassion and unite them, while pressing on with dogged resolution to reach the cotton fields before they are picked bare. This is the first volume of The Wind from the Plain trilogy, a moving story that illuminates the ruthlessness and humanity of its characters in their struggle to survive.
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The legend of the thousand bulls
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Iron Earth Copper Sky
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The first volume of a trilogy called "Beyond the Mountain", which describes the Yalak villagers, who come down from the Taurus mountains each year to pick cotton on the hot Chukurova plain.
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The Undying Grass by Yasar Kemal (4-Sep-1989) Paperback
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Anatolian Tales
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- Saga of a Seagull (Book by Yasar Kemal)
- Anatolian tales
- Iron Earth, Copper Sky
- They Burn the Thistles (Turkey’s greatest novelist, Yashar Kemal is an unsurpasse...)
- Undying Grass
- Salman the Solitary (It was during the anarchic days when Russian invaders had...)
Yasar Kemal
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Yasar Kemal, Turkish Author. Recipient Prix Mondial Cino del Duca, Paris, 1982, The Sedat Simavi award for Literature, Istanbul, 1985; named Commander de la Légion d'Honneurde France, Paris, 1984, International Catalonie prize, 1996, hellman/Hammett award, 1996, Nonino prize for literature, 1997, Kenne Font Foundation award, Uppsala, 1997, Frankfurt Peace prize, 1997.
Education
Student primary school D honoris causa, Strasbourg U., 1991; D honoris causa, Akdeniz U., Antalya, Turkey, 1992.
Achievements
Works
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Salman the Solitary
(It was during the anarchic days when Russian invaders had...)
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Iron Earth Copper Sky
(The first volume of a trilogy called "Beyond the Mountain...)
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They Burn the Thistles
(Turkey’s greatest novelist, Yashar Kemal is an unsurpasse...)
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The wind from the plain,
(The entire population of a remote village in the Taurus M...)
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To Crush the Serpent
(A staggering, shattering novel from Turkey's greatest nov...)
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Saga of a Seagull
(Book by Yasar Kemal)
- Anatolian tales
- Iron Earth, Copper Sky
- The legend of the thousand bulls
- Undying Grass
- The Undying Grass by Yasar Kemal (4-Sep-1989) Paperback
- Anatolian Tales
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Salman the Solitary
Membership
Journalist, imprisoned for political views, 1971, later released under general amnesty. Member Turkish Writers Union (past president).
Connections
Married Thilda Serrero, 1952. 1 child, Rasit.
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Recipient Prix Mondial Cino del Duca, Paris, 1982, The Sedat Simavi award for Literature, Istanbul, 1985. Named Commander de la Légion d'Honneurde France, Paris, 1984, International Catalonie prize, 1996, hellman/Hammett award, 1996, Nonino prize for literature, 1997, Kenne Font Foundation award, Uppsala, 1997, Frankfurt Peace prize, 1997.Recipient Prix Mondial Cino del Duca, Paris, 1982, The Sedat Simavi award for Literature, Istanbul, 1985. Named Commander de la Légion d'Honneurde France, Paris, 1984, International Catalonie prize, 1996, hellman/Hammett award, 1996, Nonino prize for literature, 1997, Kenne Font Foundation award, Uppsala, 1997, Frankfurt Peace prize, 1997.