Farewell: A Mansion in Occupied Istanbul

About Ayse Kulin

One of Turkey s bestselling and most beloved authors with more than ten million copies of her books sold Ayse Kulin is known for captivating stories about human endurance. In 2011 Forbes Turkey declared her the country s top-earning author. In addition to penning internationally bestselling novels she has also worked as a producer cinematographer and screenwriter for numerous television shows and films. A mother to four sons she lives in Istanbul. Buket Uzuner was born in Ankara 1955. She is the author of short stories travel writing and novels as well as being trained as a molecular biologist and environmental scientist. She has studied and worked at universities in Turkey Norway the United States and Finland and was a fellow at the University of Iowa International Writing Program in 1996. She has won numerous awards including the Yunus Nadi Prize for her novel The Sound of Fishsteps in 1993 and the University of Istanbul named The Mediterranean Waltz Best Novel of 1998. She currently lives in Istanbul with her son.