Elif Şafak

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essayist feminist writer novelist person public intellectual

Elif Şafak is a prominent contemporary Turkish-British novelist and public intellectual known for her richly layered, politically engaged fiction that often explores themes of identity, gender, and cultural conflict.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	essayist → feminist writer → novelist → person → public intellectual →
alternativeName	Elif Shafak →
awardReceived	Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres →
birthDate	1971-10-25 →
birthPlace	France → Strasbourg →
countryOfCitizenship	Turkey → United Kingdom →
educatedAt	Middle East Technical University →
fieldOfStudy	international relations → political science →
gender	female →
genre	historical fiction → literary fiction → political fiction →
hasChild	daughter → son →
languageOfWorkOrName	English → Turkish →
movement	contemporary literature →
name	Elif Şafak →
nationality	British → Turkish →
nominatedFor	Booker Prize → Women’s Prize for Fiction →
notableWork	10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World → Black Milk → Honour → The Bastard of Istanbul → The Flea Palace → The Forty Rules of Love → The Gaze → Three Daughters of Eve →
occupation	academic → columnist → novelist → writer →
residence	London →
theme	cultural conflict → gender → identity → memory → migration → minorities → spirituality →
writingLanguage	English → Turkish →

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