Aysel Ozakin | |
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Occupation | Turkish-British writer |
Aysel Ingham (née Özakın, born 1942) is a Turkish-British novelist and playwright. She has written predominantly in English for over 25 years, although she has also published in three other languages (French, Turkish, and German). [1] She also publishes under the names Ada, Anna, or Ana Ingham.[ citation needed]
Özakın studied French in Ankara and in Paris, then worked as a lecturer in Istanbul (at Atatürk Egitim Enstitusu, which is now part of Marmara University). [2] Her literary activity was repeatedly praised by literary critics. [1] [3] [4] One example of her sensitive, accurate observational prose is a 1975 Turkish language novel under the title Gurbet Yavrum, which was translated to German in 1987, under the title The Flying Carpet. [3]
Three months after the 1980 Turkish military coup, Aysel Özakın left Turkey to attend the Berlin Literary Colloquium. [5]
Özakin considers herself a universalist writer, whose subject matter and protagonists are increasingly international. [5] Through her work, she has striven to cast off any stereotypical labels that would typically have been placed on her as a female author who works in a multitude of languages, and with characters set within a variety of cultural backdrops. [6] [7] [8]
She met her future husband, the English painter and sculptor Bryan Ingham, in Worpswede, Germany. Özakın moved to Cornwall, England in 1988 to escape the limitations of publishing in Germany, [9] and married him in 1989. They lived together there until their separation in 1994, remaining on friendly terms. [10] She has resided in England since then, and writes her works solely in English.[ citation needed]
Aysel Ozakin | |
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Occupation | Turkish-British writer |
Aysel Ingham (née Özakın, born 1942) is a Turkish-British novelist and playwright. She has written predominantly in English for over 25 years, although she has also published in three other languages (French, Turkish, and German). [1] She also publishes under the names Ada, Anna, or Ana Ingham.[ citation needed]
Özakın studied French in Ankara and in Paris, then worked as a lecturer in Istanbul (at Atatürk Egitim Enstitusu, which is now part of Marmara University). [2] Her literary activity was repeatedly praised by literary critics. [1] [3] [4] One example of her sensitive, accurate observational prose is a 1975 Turkish language novel under the title Gurbet Yavrum, which was translated to German in 1987, under the title The Flying Carpet. [3]
Three months after the 1980 Turkish military coup, Aysel Özakın left Turkey to attend the Berlin Literary Colloquium. [5]
Özakin considers herself a universalist writer, whose subject matter and protagonists are increasingly international. [5] Through her work, she has striven to cast off any stereotypical labels that would typically have been placed on her as a female author who works in a multitude of languages, and with characters set within a variety of cultural backdrops. [6] [7] [8]
She met her future husband, the English painter and sculptor Bryan Ingham, in Worpswede, Germany. Özakın moved to Cornwall, England in 1988 to escape the limitations of publishing in Germany, [9] and married him in 1989. They lived together there until their separation in 1994, remaining on friendly terms. [10] She has resided in England since then, and writes her works solely in English.[ citation needed]