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Emine Sevgi Özdamar was born in Malatya in 1946. She is a Turkish-German actress, director and playwright. She performed on a stage in Bursa at the age of 12. After working in Germany from 1965-1967, she returned to Turkey and studied theater with Muhsin Ertuğrul, Beklan Algan, Ayla Algan, Haldun Taner, Melih Cevdet Anday, and Nurettin Sevin. After graduating in 1970, she moved to Berlin and worked as an assistant of Benno Besson and Mathias Langhoff. Özdamar then worked as a playwright and actress at many city theaters in Berlin, Paris, Avignon, Lyon, Munich, Frankfurt, and Bochum. She is known for her performance in the film "Yasemin" (1988), "Süperseks" (2004), and "Happy Birthday, Türkei!" (1992). Since 1982, Özdamar has worked as a freelance. She has received many literary awards such as "Ingeborg Bachmann Award" for her work. Currently Özdamar lives and works in Berlin.
Awards:
Ingeborg Bachmann Prize (1991)
Walter-Hasenclever-Preis (1993)
New-York Scholarship des Literaturfonds Darmstadt (1995)
Adelbert-von-Chamisso-Preis (1999)
Künstlerinnenpreis des Landes NRW (2001)
Stadtschreiberin von Bergen-Enkheim (2003)
Kleist Prize (2004)
Fontane-Preis (2009)
Carl Zuckmayer Medal (2010)
Works:
Karagöz in Alamania, (play, 1982)
Mutterzunge, (short stories, 1990)
Keleoğlan in Alamania, (play, 1991)
Das Leben ist eine Karawanserei hat zwei Türen aus einer kam ich rein aus der anderen ging ich raus, (novel, 1992) in English: "Life is a Carawanserai Has Two Doors I Went in One I Came out the Other" (tr. Luise von Flotow UMiddlesex Press, 2000).
Die Brücke vom Goldenen Horn, (novel, 1998), English: "The Bridge of the Golden Horn," (Serpent′s Tail, 2009)
Der Hof im Spiegel, (short stories, 2001)
Seltsame Sterne starren zur Erde, (novel, 2003)
Reference: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, drscorakli.blogspot.com.tr
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