Longlisted for the 2019 PEN Translation Prize!
Translating works of fiction and truth is about much more than bringing the written word to an international audience. For Sevinc Turkkan, it's about being a vehicle for activism.
"Words Without Borders" Celebrates "Women in Translation Month"
"Words Without Borders" recommends “The Stone Building and Other Stories” !
A Diiscussion of "The Stone Building" in "The Witty Partition"
"December 15th New York Times' 'Saturday Profile'"
"A warlord, a novelist, a diplomat, a centenarian and other exceptional women our overseas correspondents wrote about in 2017. . . . Since its inception in 2002, the Saturday Profile has aimed to bring to readers of The New York Times people around the world they probably have never heard of, but who have led interesting lives and done extraordinary things, or perhaps recently gone through a remarkable experience. The people we look for usually do not run countries, or headline blockbuster movies, or write best sellers. We leave those to the appropriate sections of the newspaper. Our subjects are more likely to have just emerged from prison, or written their 1,574th novel." The article links to the March 2nd profile featured in The New York Times earlier in the year.
"Asli Erdogan interviewed by FRANCE 24 about the jailing of Turkish students"
"An interview with Aslı Erdoğan in World Literature Today"
Erkut Tokman interviews Aslı Erdoğan for World Literature Today.
After her arrest in Istanbul in 2016, Asli Erdogan is free to travel again.
"Asli Erdogan is awarded the Prize for the Freedom and Future of the Media in Leipzig"
Deniz Yucel and Asli Erdogan are among hundreds of writers and journalists who have been jailed in Turkey since last year's attempted coup. Both were awarded the Prize for the Freedom and Future of the Media in Leipzig.
"Publishers Weekly: The Big Indie Books of Fall 2017"
"Turkey's Writers Face Yet More Trials"
Although she will not be present to accept an award due to severe travel limits imposed upon her by the Turkish government, writer Asli Erdogan was honored as one of the recipients of the European Cultural Foundation's Princess Margriet Award for Culture. The ceremony took place in Amsterdam. The Award is given to artists and thinkers whose work breaks new ground in overcoming cultural, geographical, and social borders. Through the lens of the laureate's work, the Award serves as a platform to inspire a transnational European public to recognize the role of culture in realizing a more inclusive Europe.
"Now, as her fame in Turkey grows, her books have been selling more, and her [Turkish] publisher has issued new printings. One volume of short stories, The Stone Building and Other Places, has become a best seller in Turkey." City Lights publishes the English translation in September 2017.
"Aslı Erdoğan's detention 'breaches convention on human rights'"
The novelist's pre-trial imprisonment on terror charges has been condemned by lawyers and academics, who say there are no grounds for this extreme measure.