Sevtap Baycili
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Sevtap Baycılı is a Dutch writer of Turkish extraction. Born in Istanbul
in 1968, she studied philosophy in Turkey
, earning the nickname "Miss Wittgenstein". She settled in the Netherlands
in 1991.
Her first novel, De Markov-keten ("The Markov chain", 1998) is an exploration of the thoughts of a psychiatric patient, obviously influenced by Becket, and with a strong philosophical element.
A second novel, De nachtmerrie van de allochtoon ("The foreigner's nightmare", 1999) is a satirical, often comical comment on Dutch expectations of the integration of foreigners.
Donderpreken is non-fiction.
Her journalistic work includes the interactive internet column Kip en ei zonder kop ("Chicken and egg without a head"), at Intermediair online.
Three unpublished dramas go by the collective title of Reductio ad absurdum.
In English and Dutch sources, her surname is often written Baycili, for want of the correct Turkish fonts.
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...
in 1968, she studied philosophy in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, earning the nickname "Miss Wittgenstein". She settled in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
in 1991.
Her first novel, De Markov-keten ("The Markov chain", 1998) is an exploration of the thoughts of a psychiatric patient, obviously influenced by Becket, and with a strong philosophical element.
A second novel, De nachtmerrie van de allochtoon ("The foreigner's nightmare", 1999) is a satirical, often comical comment on Dutch expectations of the integration of foreigners.
Donderpreken is non-fiction.
Her journalistic work includes the interactive internet column Kip en ei zonder kop ("Chicken and egg without a head"), at Intermediair online.
Three unpublished dramas go by the collective title of Reductio ad absurdum.
In English and Dutch sources, her surname is often written Baycili, for want of the correct Turkish fonts.
See also
- Migrant literatureMigrant literatureMigrant literature, that is, writings by and to a lesser extent about migrants, is a topic which has commanded growing interest within literary studies since the 1980s...