Aslı Erdoğan

Turkish author and human rights activist

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Born: ( 1967-03-08 ) 8 March 1967 (age 59) , Istanbul , Turkey
Occupation: Writer and human rights activist
Nationality: Turkish
Alma mater: Robert College , Boğaziçi University
Notable awards: Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (2020), Simone de Beauvoir Price (2018), Václav Havel Price (2019), Erich Maria Remarque Price (2018), Tucholsky Award (2016), D. Welle Story Awards (1997), Sait Faik Story Awards (2010)

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Instance of: human
Gender: female
Citizenship: Turkey
Place of birth: Istanbul
Occupation: columnist
Educated at: Robert College
Languages spoken: Turkish
Official website: aslierdogan.net
Image: Asli Erdogan by CaroleParodi-6778.jpg

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date of birth: 1967-03-08
name in native language: Aslı Erdoğan
Commons category: Aslı Erdoğan
writing language: Turkish

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Encyclopedic overview

Aslı Erdoğan (born 8 March 1967) is a prize-winning Turkish writer, author, human rights activist, and columnist for Özgür Gündem and formerly for Radikal, ex political prisoner, particle physicist. Her second novel has been published in English, and eight books translated into twenty languages.

Aslı Erdoğan is a writer of literature and author of eight books, novels, novellas, collections of poetic prose and essays, translated into twenty languages including English, French, German, and published by various publishers such as Actes Sud, Penguin Germany, The City Lights among others. She has worked as a columnist in various national and international papers, and she was arrested in 2016 for her collaboration with the pro-Kurdish newspaper Özgür Gündem. Aslı Erdoğan has received several prizes in literature, arts and human rights such as Simone de Beauvoir Prize or the Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize. Her work has been adapted into theater and acted in Milan, Graz and Avignon, into classical ballet, radio, a short film and finally to opera. She is currently living in exile in Germany.

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