TE16 Turkish Delight

About the Authors

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MARIO LEVI Our Best Love Story (novel excerpt)

Mario Levi (born in Istanbul, 1957) is one of Turkey’s most important contemporary novelists. He has written more than ten novels – often set incontemporary Istanbul of the last three decades – and received numerous Turkish literary awards. He has written for such literary and arts periodicals as Hokka magazine, Şalom , Cumhuriyet , Stüdyo İmge and Milliyet Sanat . He has long been an active member of the PEN Turkey board; a translation of one of his pieces appears in English PEN’s Literary Dispatches from Turkey (2013).

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BIRHAN KESKIN Y’ol (poetry)

Birhan Keskin (born in Kırklareli, Turkey, 1963) graduated in Sociology from Istanbul University in 1986. She has helped publish the literary journal Göçebe (Nomad) and worked as a publication editor variously. She has ten books of her poetry published in Turkey. Ba won the Altın Portakal (Golden Orange) poetry prize in Turkey in 2006, and Soğuk Kazi won the Metin Altıok poetry prize in 2016.

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