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Bilge Karasu


Born
in Ä°stanbul, Turkey
January 09, 1930

Died
July 13, 1995

Genre
Literature & Fiction


Bilge Karasu (1930�1995) was born in Istanbul and became the pre-eminent Turkish modernist writer. Besides short stories and novels he was also a well-known translator. A graduate of the philosophy department of the Faculty of Letters of Istanbul University, Mr. Karasu worked in the foreign broadcast department of Radio Ankara until a Rockefeller University scholarship made it possible for him to continue his studies in Europe. After returning to Turkey, he went to work at Hacettepe University, where he lectured in philosophy. In 1963, Mr. Karasu won the Turkish Language Institute’s Translation Award with Olen Adam, for a translation of D. H. Lawrence’s The Man Who Died. By that time, he had begun to experiment with new forms of expression ...more

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Average rating: 4.01 · 7,702 ratings · 709 reviews · 34 distinct works â€� Similar authors
Gece
4.09 avg rating — 1,322 ratings — published 1985 — 16 editions
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Uzun Sürmüş Bir Günün Akşamı
3.96 avg rating — 1,271 ratings — published 1970 — 6 editions
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Göçmüş Kediler Bahçesi
4.26 avg rating — 1,070 ratings — published 1979 — 10 editions
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Ne Kitapsız Ne Kedisiz
3.82 avg rating — 896 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions
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3.95 avg rating — 583 ratings — published 1990 — 5 editions
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Troya'da Ölüm Vardı
3.98 avg rating — 379 ratings — published 1963 — 4 editions
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Narla Ä°ncire Gazel
4.10 avg rating — 270 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions
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Altı Ay Bir Güz
4.05 avg rating — 273 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions
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Kısmet Büfesi
4.09 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 1982
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Lağımlaranası ya da Beyoğlu
4.24 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions
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“Okur kitap arar ama, kitabın da okuru bulduÄŸunu ben çok gördüm. Açıklanabilir bir ÅŸey söylemiyorum belki, ama "rastlantılar"ın çoÄŸu, açıklayamadığımız için rastlantı görünmez mi?”
― Bilge Karasu, Ne Kitapsız Ne Kedisiz
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“... Bu yol bitmez herhalde. Ä°nsan ölür, o yolun bir yerinde kalır. Ama bu yolda ilerleme gücünü veren ÅŸey, bir ÅŸeyler yapmak dediÄŸi ÅŸeyi yapma gücünü veren ÅŸey, inançsa, Andronikos daha yolun başında yaya kalmıyor mu? Ä°nanç deÄŸil de baÅŸka bir ÅŸey olabilir mi bu gücü veren?...”
― Bilge Karasu, Uzun Sürmüş Bir Günün AkÅŸamı
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“Anlamaktan sonra gelen bir hal vardı: Kavramak. Anladığının bütün ağırlığını beyninde duymak, ellerinde, kollarında, damarlarında duymak.”
― Bilge Karasu, A Long Day's Evening
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Kasım 2020 - Türk klasiği okuması
Kasım ayında grupla birlikte hangi kitabı okumak istersiniz?

Gece - Bilge Karasu 1985, 231 sayfa
 
  25 votes 37.9%

 
  14 votes 21.2%

 
  14 votes 21.2%

Sevda Sözleri - Cemal Süreya 1990, 329 sayfa
 
  13 votes 19.7%

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