Ayfer Tunç
Illustration — Ayfer Tunç, 2018 Ayfer Tunç (born 1964 in Adapazarı) is a contemporary Turkish writer. She graduated from the Istanbul University Faculty of Political Sciences. During her university years, she wrote many articles for various literature, culture and art magazines.
Ayfer Tunç
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- 1964 · Adapazarı.
- Nationality
- Turkey
- Occupation
- writer · screenwriter
- Education
- Istanbul University Faculty of Political Sciences · Erenköy Girls High School
- Languages
- Turkish
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In 1989, she participated in the Yunus Nadi Short Story Competition organized by the daily Cumhuriyet newspaper. Her short story titled Saklı (Hidden) received the first prize. Between 1999-2004, she worked as the chief editor of Yapı Kredi Publishing House. Her book titled Maniniz Yoksa Annemler Size Gelecek-70’li Yıllarda Hayatımız (My Parents Will Visit You If You Aren’t Occupied - Our Life in the '70s) was published in 2001 and was met with great enthusiasm. In 2003, the same book won the International Balkanika Award, co-organized by seven Balkan countries, and qualified for being translated into six Balkan languages. In addition, the book was published in Arabic in Syria and Lebanon. Tunç also wrote a script titled Havada Bulut (Cloud in the Sky), based on short stories by Sait Faik Abasıyanık, and it was filmed and broadcast on TRT in 2003.
• Cover Girl 1992 • Bir Deliler Evinin Yalan Yanlış Anlatılan Kısa Tarihi 2009, translated into English as "The Highly Unreliable Account of the History of a Madhouse" by Istros Books, London 2020.
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• Hidden (story) 1989 • Friends From The Cave (story) 1996 • The Aziz Bey Phenomenon (story) 2000, translated into English as "The Aziz Bey Incident" by Istros Books, London 2013. • Rock- Paper- Scissors (story) 2003 • Evvelhotel (story) 2006
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• Two-Faced Sexuality (research) 1994 • My Parents Will Visit You If You Aren’t Occupied (life) 2001 • “This They Call Life” (life) 2007
Author Milan Jovanić with Turkish writer Ayfer Tunç at the Belgrade Book Fair, 27 October 2022.
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