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Those Who Live by What They Write is a biographical essay book written by Hasan Saraç and published in 2018 by Portakal Kitap. The work examines the life stories of twenty-five writers who have earned a place in world literature and explores how their lives are reflected in their literary works. Content The book examines the lives and writing processes of twenty-five authors from different periods and geographical regions. Each chapter focuses on one writer, providing information about their bir

Human beings occupy in the universe a space equal to the volume of their own emptiness. But some spirits fill that emptiness with such a sharp, unyielding seepage that even the silence left behind becomes a roaring river. Nilgün Marmara was one of those delicate and unyielding voices who treated this planet as a two-step lodging and watched its backyards early on, choosing departure as an act of will to preserve her own truth. Her poetry is a spiritual journey that wanders at the limits of endur

Alaeddin Özdenören (20 May 1940, Kahramanmaraş – 26 June 2003, Balıkesir) was a Turkish poet, writer and philosophy teacher. He was among the leading figures of the literary group that emerged in the Republic period centered on Kahramanmaraş and known as "Yedi Güzel Adam". Known for his works in poetry, essays, critiques and memoirs, Özdenören left a mark on Turkish cultural life not only through his lyrical and spiritually sensitive poetry but also through his intellectual writings on cultural

Lecture Notes from Tanpınar is an important source compiled from lecture notes taken by his student Güler Güven of the courses delivered by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar (1901–1962), one of the most exceptional figures in Turkish literature and intellectual life, at the Faculty of Letters of Istanbul University. Published by Dergâh Yayınları, this work serves as a bridge through which Tanpınar transmits his rich heritage of literature, art, culture, and thought to future generations. The book also reveal

Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar (23 June 1901, Istanbul – 24 January 1962, Istanbul) was a writer and literary historian who produced works in poetry, novel, short story, essay, and literary history; he also served as a teacher, academic, and member of parliament. Born in the final years of the Ottoman Empire, he participated in the educational and academic life of the Republic; through his teaching, university work, and literary output, he became one of the most significant figures in 20th-century Turkish

Franz Kafka was born on 3 July 1883 in Prague, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in an old apartment near the boundary of the Jewish ghetto. His father, Hermann Kafka, rose from a poor Jewish family to become a merchant, while his mother, Julie Kafka, came from a wealthy German-speaking Jewish family. Both parents were engaged in commerce. Of the six children in the family, Kafka was the eldest; two of his brothers, George and Heinrich, died in childhood, and his three sisters, Elli, Val