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Adalet Ağaoğlu was born in Nallıhan district of Ankara in 1929. After finishing her primary education in Nallıhan, she moved to Ankara with her family in 1938. She graduated from the Department of French Language and Literature in the Faculty of Language and History-Geography at Ankara University in 1950. Ağaoğlu started her career writing poems. She then concentrated on writing plays. In 1946, she published her theater critique in the Ulus newspaper. Between 1948 and 1950, she published her poems in the Kaynak magazine. From 1951 to 1970, Ağaoğlu served in the TRT. She also wrote the radio play “Aşk Şarkısı’nı” for Ankara Radio. While she worked at Ankara Radio, she founded the private theater “Meydan Sahnesi” with Kartal Tibet, Üner İlsever, Çetin Köroğlu, and Nur Sabuncu and published the “Meydan Sahne” magazine. In 1953, Ağaoğlu went to Paris to research theater. In the same year, the play “Bir Piyes Yazalım”, which she wrote with Sevin Uzungören, was performed in Ankara.
Her first novel “Ölmeye Yatmak” was published in 1973. With other works such as “Bir Düğün Gecesi” (1979) and “Hayır” (1989), she has received many awards. As an author, a playwright, and a human rights activist, she became one of the most prized novelists in Turkey. For her perception of subtle and overt changes in modern Turkish society and her writing entitled "Modernism and Social Change," Ağaoğlu received the "Turkish Presidency Merit Award" in 1995. In 1998, she received an Honorary Ph.D. from Anadolu University followed by the Ph.D. of Humane Letters from Ohio State University. Currently, Ağaoğlu continues to work in Istanbul.
Awards:
1974, TDK Theater award
1975, Sait Faik Story Gratuity (with her work "Yüksek Gerilim")
1979, Sedat Simavi Literature Award (with her work "Bir Düğün Gecesi")
1980, Orhan Kemal Novel Award (with her work "Bir Düğün Gecesi")
1980, Madaralı Novel Award (with her work "Bir Düğün Gecesi")
1991, Türkiye İş Bank Signal Award (with her work "Çok Uzak Çok Yakın")
1997, Aydın Doğan Novel Award (with her work "Romantik Bir Viyana Yazı")
Theatre and Radio dramas:
1955, Yaşamak
1964, Evcilik Oyunu
1965, Sınırlarda Aşk
1965, Çatıdaki Çatlak
1967, Tombala
1967, Çatıdaki Çatlak
1970, Sınırlarda Aşk-Kış-Barış
1973, Üç Oyun: Bir Kahramanın Ölümü, Çıkış, Kozalar
1976, Kendini Yazan Şarkı
1992, Duvar Öyküsü
1991, Çok Uzak-Fazla Yakın
Novels:
1973, Ölmeye Yatmak
1976, Fikrimin İnce Gülü
1979, Bir Düğün Gecesi
1980, Yazsonu
1984, Üç Beş Kişi
1987, Hayır...
1991, Ruh Üşümesi
1993, Romantik Bir Viyana Yazı
Story books:
1974, Yüksek gerilim
1978, Sessizliğin İlk Sesi
1982, Hadi Gidelim
1997, Hayatı Savunma Biçimleri
Essays:
1996, Geçerken
1996, Başka Karşılaşmalar
Other works:
1985, Göç Temizliği (Memoirs-novel)
1991, Gece Hayatım (dream story)
Reference: kimkimdir.gen.tr, tr.wikipedia.org, edebiyatdostlari.com, google.com.tr/images
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