title: Mahir Ünsal Eriş
text: # Mahir Ünsal Eriş
  
  Mahir Ünsal Eriş (born October 20, 1980) is a contemporary Turkish writer known for his short stories, novels, and translations.
  
  ## Works
  
  Eriş’s first short story collection, Bangır Bangır Ferdi Çalıyor Evde, was published in 2012. His second book, Olduğu Kadar Güzeldik, was a short story collection as well, which was granted the Sait Faik Short Story Award in 2014.
  
  In his first novel, Dünya Bu Kadar, which was published in 2015, Eriş was exploring new ways of narrative and reflecting his interest in storytelling and modern literature. His most recent short story collections Sarıyaz and Kara Yarısı were published simultaneously in 2019. In 2020, Eriş wrote a serial novel, Gaip for the audiobook streaming service Storytel.
  
  