Nermin Yıldırım

Nermin Yıldırım was born in Bursa in 1980. She wrote her first poems and stories during her years in primary school and won awards. In 1997, Yıldırım decided to become a journalist and studied at the Press Department in the Faculty of Communication Sciences at Anadolu University in Eskişehir between 1997 and 2002. She then settled in Istanbul and worked as a journalist, editor and columnist for various newspapers and magazines, and as a copywriter for advertisement agencies. In 2010, she moved to Barcelona.

Her first novel “The Forget-Me-Not Building” was published by Dogan Kitap in 2011. In the same year, the book garnered much acclaim in literature circles and was awarded the “Novel of the Year” prize by the French high schools in Istanbul and Izmir. Her second novel “Secrets Dreamed in Istanbul” was published by Dogan Kitap in 2012. Yıldırım was featured in the “Snow Covered the Trails” story anthology with her story “Red Snow” in 2012.

Reference: nerminyildirim.com, dogankitap.com.tr, lit-across-frontiers.org