Istanbul Tanpınar Literature Festival
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The Istanbul Tanpınar Literature Festival, named after the famous modernist Turkish poet, novelist, essayist, and critic Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
, is an international literary event held in the city of Istanbul
to focus on a variety of genres, and to bring together writers, publishers, literary translators, critics and journalists for a series of inspirational encounters. Tanpınar is the author of famous novels such as A Mind at Peace
, Song in Mahur, 'Waiting in the Wings', 'The Institute of Synchronized Clocks', and 'Woman in the Moon'.
The festival is planning to includes events for children and young people.
The theme for year 2009 inaugural festival is "City and Time".
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar was one of the most important modern novelists and essayists of Turkish literature. He was also a member of the Turkish parliament between 1942 and 1946.-Biography:...
, is an international literary event held in the city of Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
to focus on a variety of genres, and to bring together writers, publishers, literary translators, critics and journalists for a series of inspirational encounters. Tanpınar is the author of famous novels such as A Mind at Peace
A Mind at Peace
A Mind at Peace is an iconic Turkish novel by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar , one of the pioneers of literary modernism in Turkey. Tanpınar was a poet, novelist, and critic who worked as a professor of Ottoman and Turkish literature at Istanbul University...
, Song in Mahur, 'Waiting in the Wings', 'The Institute of Synchronized Clocks', and 'Woman in the Moon'.
Introduction
Attracting many important international literary figures, its 4 days program, starting at the end of October, now features many events including panels, workshops and concerts.The festival is planning to includes events for children and young people.
The theme for year 2009 inaugural festival is "City and Time".
Visiting Authors for 2009
- Adam FawerAdam FawerAdam Fawer is an American Novelist. Improbable, his first novel, has been translated into eighteen languages and won the 2006 International Thriller Writers Award for best first novel...
- Alek PopovAlek PopovAlek Popov is a Bulgarian novelist, short story writer, essayist and scriptwriter, author of the novel Mission London.Alek Popov was born in Sofia in 1966. He studied in the elite classical gymnasium in Sofia and later received M.A. in Bulgarian philology from the University of Sofia. He is an...
- Alina ReyesAlina ReyesAlina Reyes is a French writer, best known for her literary treatment of eroticism.Originally a freelance journalist, she devoted herself to fiction after a stay in Montreal...
- Andrej Blatnik
- Andrew MillerAndrew Miller-Sports:* Andrew Miller , pitcher for the Boston Red Sox* Andrew Miller , cricketer for Oxford University and Middlesex* Andrew Miller , Canadian professional ice hockey player...
- Bernardo AtxagaBernardo AtxagaBernardo Atxaga is a Basque writer and self-translator.-Biography:Atxaga was born in Asteasu, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country), in 1951. He received a diploma in economics from the University of Bilbao, and studied philosophy at the University of Barcelona...
- Carme RieraCarme rieraCarme Riera Guilera is a novelist and essayist. She has also written short stories, scripts for radio and television, and works of literary criticism...
- Clare Azzopardi
- Dan LunguDan LunguDan Lungu is a Romanian novelist, short story writer, poet and dramatist, also known as a literary theorist and sociologist. The recipient of critical acclaim for his short story volume Cheta la flegmă and his...
- David GibbinsDavid GibbinsDavid Gibbins is a Canadian-born underwater archaeologist and a bestselling novelist.-Biography:He was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, to English parents who were both academic scientists. He travelled around the world with them by sea as a boy, including four years living in New Zealand,...
- Eli AmirEli Amir-External links:...
- Firat CewerîFirat CewerîFirat Cewerî, is a Kurdish writer, translator and journalist. He was born in the town of Dêrik near Mardin in south-eastern Turkey. In 1980s, he emigrated to Sweden, where he lives now....
- Frank Westerman
- Geert MakGeert MakGeert Mak is a Dutch journalist and a non-fiction writer in the field of history. His ten books about Amsterdam, Netherlands and Europe have earned him great popularity. His best-known work, In Europe, a combination of a travelogue through the continent of Europe and a history of the 20th century,...
- Hallgrimur HelgasonHallgrímur HelgasonHallgrímur Helgason is an Icelandic painter, novelist, translator, and columnist.-Biography:Hallgrímur studied at the Art Academy of Iceland, and then the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich....
- Ingo SchulzeIngo SchulzeIngo Schulze is a German writer born in Dresden in former East Germany. He studied classical philology at the University of Jena for five years, and, until the German reunification, was an assistant director at the State Theatre in Altenburg 45 km south of Leipzig for two years...
- Nawal El SaadawiNawal El SaadawiNawal El Saadawi , born October 27, 1931, is an Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician and psychiatrist. She has written many books on the subject of women in Islam, paying particular attention to the practice of female genital mutilation in her society....
- Norman ManeaNorman ManeaNorman Manea is a Jewish Romanian writer and author of short fiction, novels, and essays about the Holocaust, daily life in a communist state, and exile. He is a Francis Flournoy Professor of European Culture and writer in residence at Bard College...
- Olga TokarczukOlga TokarczukOlga Tokarczuk is one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful Polish writers of her generation, particularly noted for the hallmark mythical tone of her writing. She trained as a psychologist at the University of Warsaw. She has published a collection of poems, three novels,...
- Olivier RolinOlivier RolinOlivier Rolin is a French writer.He won the Prix Femina in 1994, for his novel Port-Soudan.His brother Jean is also a writer and journalist.-External links:*...
- Owen Matthews
- Peter PišťanekPeter PištanekPeter Pišťanek is a Slovak writer.His first full-length novel was Rivers of Babylon, was published in 1991 . It was followed by two other novels, The Wooden Village and The End of Freddy, which together make up a trilogy...