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Bilge Karasu

Summary

Bilge Karasu (9 January 1930 – 13 July 1995), was a Turkish short story writer and novelist.

Bilge Karasu
Born9 January 1930 (1930-01-09)
Istanbul, Turkey
Died14 July 1995(1995-07-14) (aged 65)
Ankara, Turkey
OccupationPoet, philosopher
Alma materIstanbul University
Years active1924–1976
Notable awardsTDK Translation Prize, Pegasus Prize, Sedat Simavi Literature Award

Biography edit

Bilge Karasu was born in 1930, in Istanbul.[1] Bilge Karasu's parents, who later converted to Islam, were of Jewish origin,[citation needed] although he does not have any kinship with Emanuel Karasu, an Ottoman politician of Jewish origin.[2] He studied at Şişli Terakki High School and at Istanbul University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Philosophy. He published articles on art criticism in the Forum magazine between 1954 and 1959.[3]

In 1963, he returned from Europe, where he had studied on a Rockefeller scholarship. In 1964, he started to work as a translator at the General Directorate of Press, Broadcasting, and Tourism and in the foreign broadcasting service of Ankara Radio.[4]

Karasu wrote radio plays for Ankara Radioı.[5] He worked as a lecturer at Hacettepe University's Philosophy Department from 1974 until his death.[6]

He lived in a small basement on Nilgün Street in Ankara for years.[7] He died on 14 July, 1995, at Hacettepe University Hospital, Ankara where he was being treated for pancreatic cancer. He is buried in Karşıyaka Cemetery.[8]

Bibliography edit

Stories edit

  • Troya’da Ölüm Vardı (1963)
  • Uzun Sürmüş Bir Günün Akşamı (1970)
  • Göçmüş Kediler Bahçesi (1980)
  • Kısmet Büfesi (1982)
  • Lağımlaranası ya da Beyoğlu
  • Susanlar (2008) (öykü, şiir, deneme, röportaj)

Novels edit

  • Gece (1985)
  • Kılavuz (1990)

Essays edit

  • Ne Kitapsız Ne Kedisiz (1994)
  • Narla İncire Gazel (1995)
  • Altı Ay Bir Güz (1996) (ölümünden sonra yayınlandı)

Radio plays edit

  • Peter Pan (Radyo için oyunlaştıran Bilge Karasu) (1967), Ankara Radyosu
  • Sevilmek, (Ocak 1970), Ankara Radyosu[9]
  • Kerem ile Kediler, (Mart 1970), Ankara Radyosu
  • Gidememek[10]
  • Aşk[11]

Translations edit

  • Abraham Lincoln, Emil Ludwing, 1953, Cep Kitapları
  • Doktor Martino, William Faulkner, 1956, Yenilik Publications
  • Bella'nın Ölümü, Georges Simenon, 1981, Karacan Publications
  • Salgına İnanıyorum, Jean Cocteau, 1968, Türk Dili (Sinema Ozel Sayısı), Ankara: Volume: 196 (January 1968), p. 422-425
  • İşin Özü Bir Öykü Anlatmaktır, Jean Renoir, Türk Dili (Sinema Ozel Sayısı), Ankara: Volume: 196 (January 1968), p. 426-428

Awards edit

Books written about edit

  • Bilge Karasu Aramızda (1997) (Prepared by: Füsun Akatlı, Müge Gürsoy Sökmen)
  • Yazının da Yırtılıverdiği Yer (Bir Bilge Karasu Okuması) (2007); Author: Cem İleri; Metis Publications
  • Bilge Karasu'yu Okumak (Prepared by: Doğan Yaşat), Metis Publications, 2013.
  • Excavating Memory: Bilge Karasu’s Istanbul and Walter Benjamin’s Berlin (2020); Author: Ülker Gökberk; Academic Studies Press

See also edit

  • MEB 100 Türk edebiyatçısı listesi

References edit

 
Wikiquote has quotations related to Bilge Karasu.
  • Güzel, Cemal (1996). "Bilge Karasu Kaynakçası". Anadolu Sanat Dergisi. Özel Sayı: Bilge Karasu İçin. Anadolu Üniversitesi Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi Yayınları.
  • "Bilge Karasu". www.felsefe.hacettepe.edu.tr. 10 January 2015. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  • "Dosya: Bilge Karasu". Teorik Bakış Dergisi. 1. Sel Yayınları: 160. 2013.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Bilge Karasu Yagmurlu Kentin Gunescisi Archived 2021-01-10 at the Wayback Machine; Katikoy Gazette; accessed
  2. ^ Özkök, Ertuğrul. "Hayatın ortasından bir veda mektubu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  3. ^ Bora Gürdaş (2020). "Bilge Karasu'nun Forum dergisinde yayımlanan sanat yazıları (1954-1959)". Rumelide Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi (in Turkish) (20): 296–309. doi:10.29000/rumelide.791646.
  4. ^ "Bilge Karasu Eserleri". www.idefix.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  5. ^ Güzel, Cemal (1996). "Bilge Karasu Kaynakçası". Anadolu Sanat Dergisi. Anadolu Üniversitesi Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi Yayınları.
  6. ^ "Bilge Karasu". Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  7. ^ SÖKMENSÜER, Yaşar. "Nilgün Sokak ve Karasu". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Ankara Büyük Şehir Belediyesi... M e B İ S ...Mezarlık Bilgi Sistemi". Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Türk Dili Şubat 2019 – Türk Dil Kurumu". www.tdk.gov.tr. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  10. ^ HIZLAN, Doğan. "Bilge Karasu'yu okumak ve okutmak". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  11. ^ HIZLAN, Doğan. "Bilge Karasu'yu okumak ve okutmak". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.