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Kütüphanelerimizden
Kim, Kimdir / Who is Who?
The birthplace of Yaşar Kemal is Osmaniye, Adana. Her mother was Nigâr Hanım and her father was
Sadık Efendi, a farmer. He lost his father at the age of five because of a blood feud. He lost his right
eye in an accident. Kemal's interest in literature began in middle school years. He was interested in
folk literature then. Kemal had to end his education in middle school. He went to prison in 1950. When
he was out of jail in 1951, he decided to move to Istanbul. He started writing interviews for the Cum-
huriyet newspaper and sometimes he wrote articles.
After 1963 he quit journalism and dedicated himself entirely to his books. His first novel, "İnce
Memed", was published in 1955. In İnce Memed, while addressing the organization of “ağas” and
banditry within the framework of the ağa vs. peasant conflict, he described the nature-human relation-
ship using an epic and poetic language. In the 2nd and 3rd volumes of İnce Memed Yaşar Kemal con-
tinued focusing on this topic whereas in his novels titled Orta Direk (1960), Yer Demir Gök Bakır
(1963) and Ölmez Otu (1969), which he collected under the general title of Dağın Öte Yüzü (The
Other Side of the Mountain), he focused on the ordeal of the mountain peasants coming to to Çukuro-
va as seasonal workers Çukurova in the title of or the ordeal.
The novel titled “Yer Demir Gök Bakır Bakır” by Yaşar Kemal, who has been one of the most widely
translated Turkish authors, was selected as the best novel in foreign language in 1977 by the French
Critics Association. The trilogy titled “The Other Side of the Mountain” received the best book of the
year award in France. Yaşar Kemal was awarded with the International Del Duca Award in 1982 and
the Legion d’honneur in 1984 in the same country. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Litera-
ture by various organizations.
On February 28, 2015 Yaşar Kemal passed away at the age of 91 in the intensive care unit due to organ
failure.
Bibliography:
• Yaşar Kemal’in Hayatı, Eserleri / Kitapları, Edebi Kişiliği (Yazarların Ve Şairlerin Hayatı). bilgiyel-
pazesi. WEB. 12.12.2018
https://bilgiyelpazesi.com/egitim_ogretim/yazarlarin_sairler-
in_hayati_kitaplari_eserleri/yasar_kemal_in_hayati_eserleri_kitaplari_edebi_kisiligi.asp
• Kılıç, Sabri. Tarihe Adını Yazdıran 100 Büyük Romancı. İstanbul: Maya Kitap, 2012.
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