Yaşar Kemal
Age: 91 | From:
Person Details
Birthday: 1923-10-06 23:09:35
Death: 2015-02-28 23:09:35
Aliases: Kemal Sadık Gökçeli
Gender: Male
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Movie Involvements: 14
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
Yaşar Kemal (born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli;(6 October 1923 – 28 February 2015) was a Turkish writer and human rights activist of Kurdish origin. He was one of Turkey's leading writers. He received 38 awards during his lifetime and had been a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature on the strength of Memed, My Hawk. An outspoken intellectual, he often did not hesitate to speak about sensitive issues, especially those concerning the plight of the Kurdish people.He was tried in 1995 under anti-terror laws for an article he wrote for German magazine Der Spiegel accusing the Turkish army of destroying Kurdish villages. He was released but later received a suspended 20-month jail sentence for an article he wrote criticising racism against minorities in Turkey, especially the Kurds.
Most Famous Work
Karacaoğlan'ın Kara Sevdası
(1959) Screenstory
Agri dagi efsanesi
(1975) Story
Memed My Hawk
(1984) Novel
Ölüm Tarlası
(1966) Writer
Kara Çalı
(1956) Story
The Fallow Deer
(1959) Story
Ala Geyik
(1969) Writer
To Crush The Serpent
(1981) NovelActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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| 2017 | Himself (archive footage) | |
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Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1991 | Short Story | |
| 1987 | Writer | |
| 1984 | Novel | |
| 1981 | Novel | |
| 1975 | Story | |
| 1969 | Writer | |
| 1966 | Writer | |
| 1965 | Screenplay | |
| 1959 | Screenstory | |
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| 1956 | Story | |
| 1955 | Story | |
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