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Bilge Karasu

Born

in İstanbul, Turkey

January 09, 1930

Died

July 13, 1995

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Literature & Fiction

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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 · 7,932 ratings · 736 reviews · 34 distinct works • Similar authors

	Gece 4.08 avg rating — 1,360 ratings — published 1985 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uzun Sürmüş Bir Günün Akşamı 3.95 avg rating — 1,308 ratings — published 1970 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Göçmüş Kediler Bahçesi 4.26 avg rating — 1,096 ratings — published 1979 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ne Kitapsız Ne Kedisiz 3.82 avg rating — 933 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kılavuz 3.94 avg rating — 599 ratings — published 1990 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Troya'da Ölüm Vardı 3.97 avg rating — 393 ratings — published 1963 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Narla İncire Gazel 4.10 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Altı Ay Bir Güz 4.06 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kısmet Büfesi 4.09 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 1982	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lağımlaranası ya da Beyoğlu 4.23 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Okur kitap arar ama, kitabın da okuru bulduğunu ben çok gördüm. Açıklanabilir bir şey söylemiyorum belki, ama "rastlantılar"ın çoğu, açıklayamadığımız için rastlantı görünmez mi?”
― Bilge Karasu, Ne Kitapsız Ne Kedisiz

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“... Bu yol bitmez herhalde. İnsan ölür, o yolun bir yerinde kalır. Ama bu yolda ilerleme gücünü veren şey, bir şeyler yapmak dediği şeyi yapma gücünü veren şey, inançsa, Andronikos daha yolun başında yaya kalmıyor mu? İnanç değil de başka bir şey olabilir mi bu gücü veren?...”
― Bilge Karasu, Uzun Sürmüş Bir Günün Akşamı

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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 ayında grupla birlikte hangi kitabı okumak istersiniz?

Gece - Bilge Karasu 1985, 231 sayfa

25 votes 37.9%

A'mâk-ı Hayal - Şehbenderzade Filibeli Ahmed Hilmi 1910, 147 sayfa

14 votes 21.2%

Efrâsiyâb'ın Hikâyeleri İhsan Oktay Anar 1998, 245 sayfa

14 votes 21.2%

Sevda Sözleri - Cemal Süreya 1990, 329 sayfa

13 votes 19.7%

66 total votes

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