Yaşar Kemal

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Turkish writer human journalist novelist screenwriter short story writer

Yaşar Kemal was a renowned Turkish novelist and one of the most influential figures in modern Turkish literature, best known for his epic, socially conscious works such as "İnce Memed" (Memed, My Hawk).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkish writer ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
awardReceived Nonino Prize ⓘ
surface form: International Nonino Prize

Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form: Legion of Honour

Lillian Hellman/Dashiell Hammett Award ⓘ
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade ⓘ
Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger ⓘ
birthDate 1923-10-06 ⓘ
birthName Kemal Sadık Gökçeli ⓘ
birthPlace Hemite ⓘ
Osmaniye Province ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
citizenship Turkey ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Turkey ⓘ
deathDate 2015-02-28 ⓘ
deathPlace Istanbul ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
describedBySource modern Turkish literature ⓘ
employer Cumhuriyet newspaper ⓘ
ethnicGroup Kurds ⓘ
surface form: Kurdish people
fieldOfWork journalism ⓘ
literature ⓘ
genre epic literature ⓘ
realist literature ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
hasPartInHisWork rural Anatolian life ⓘ
themes of social justice ⓘ
influencedBy oral Anatolian storytelling tradition ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Turkish ⓘ
movement social realism ⓘ
name Yaşar Kemal self-link ⓘ
notableWork Ağrıdağı Efsanesi ⓘ
Binboğalar Efsanesi ⓘ
Dağın Öte Yüzü ⓘ
Demirciler Çarşısı Cinayeti ⓘ
Memed, My Hawk ⓘ
Ortadirek ⓘ
Yer Demir Gök Bakır ⓘ
İnce Memed ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBurial Zincirlikuyu Cemetery ⓘ
politicalAlignment left-wing politics ⓘ
series İnce Memed series ⓘ
spouse Thilda Kemal ⓘ
workLocation Istanbul ⓘ

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Memed, My Hawk → author → Yaşar Kemal ⓘ
Yaşar Kemal → name → Yaşar Kemal self-link ⓘ
Turkish literature → notableAuthor → Yaşar Kemal ⓘ