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Yaşar Kemal
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Kurdish writer and human rights activist (1923–2015)
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Yaşar Kemal, born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli in Gökçedam, was a Turkish novelist, journalist, poet, and screenwriter. A member of the Kurdish ethnic group, he began his professional work in 1943 and continued until his death in 2015. He is recognized for his notable work *Memed, My Hawk*, as well as other titles including *Ağrıdağı efsanesi*, *Arbābhā-yi Āqchāsāz*, *Yüzlerinde yeryüzü*, *Ağıtlar*, and *Çizgilerle deniz küstü*.
Kemal wrote in Turkish and held citizenship in Turkey. He died of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in Istanbul and was buried at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery. His literary output includes 283 works according to Open Library records.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1923
- Died
- 2015
- Works
- 283
Top works
- Ağrıdağı efsanesi
- Arbābhā-yi Āqchāsāz
- Yüzlerinde yeryüzü
- Ağıtlar
- Çizgilerle deniz küstü
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 38
- Total plays
- 317
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ya%C5%9Far+Kemal">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- ilastik: interactive machine learning for (bio)image analysis
· 2019 · cited 3,466x
- A pathology atlas of the human cancer transcriptome
· 2017 · cited 2,958x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)<sup>1</sup>
· 2021 · cited 2,489x
- A survey on routing protocols for wireless sensor networks
· 2005 · cited 2,351x
- Traumatic brain injury: integrated approaches to improve prevention, clinical care, and research
· 2017 · cited 2,290x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Kemal Sadık Gökçeli , ( 1923-10-06 ) 6 October 1923, Gökçedam , Osmaniye , Turkey
- Died
- 28 February 2015 (2015-02-28) (aged 91), Istanbul , Turkey
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Period
- 1943–2002
- Notable works
- Ağıtlar ("Ballads"; debut) İnce Memed ("Memed, My Hawk") Teneke ("The Drumming-Out") Ince Memed II ("They Burn the Thistles")
- Notable awards
- Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger , 1979 , Prix mondial Cino Del Duca , 1982 , Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur de France , 1984 , Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels , 1997 , Grand Officier de la Légion d'Honneur de France , 2011
- Spouses
- Thilda Serrero ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1952 ; died 2001 ) Ayşe Semiha Baban ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2002 )
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Encyclopedic overview
Yaşar Kemal ( Turkish pronunciation: [ˈjaʃaɾ ceˈmal]; born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli; 6 October 1923 – 28 February 2015) was a leading Turkish writer of Kurdish descent, who wrote in Turkish and a human rights activist. He received 38 awards during his lifetime and had been a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature on the strength of his 1955 novel Memed, My Hawk.
An outspoken intellectual, he often did not hesitate to speak about sensitive issues, especially those concerning the oppression of the Kurdish people. He was tried in 1995 under anti-terror laws for an article he wrote for Der Spiegel highlighting the Turkish Army's destruction of Kurdish villages during the Turkish–Kurdish conflict. He was released but later received a suspended 20-month jail sentence for another article he wrote criticising racism in Turkey, especially against the Kurds.
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