Rasim Özdenören

Rasim Özdenören was born in Maraş in 1940. After graduating from the Faculty of Law and the Institute of Journalism at Istanbul University, he worked at the State Planning Organization as a specialist. Between 1970 and 1971, he lived in the US to conduct his research. In 1975, Özdenören was appointed to a post of consultant in the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. He also served as a supervisor in the same ministry for a year.

In 1984, Özdenören was awarded the “Short Story of the Year” by the Writers′ Union of Turkey for his work “Denize Açılan Kapı.” In 1978, he received jury special prize from Türkiye Milli Kültür Vakfı (Turkey’s National Cultural Foundation) for his essay book “İki Dünya.” His works “Çok Sesli Bir Ölüm” and “Çözülme” were cinematized for TV, and won jury special prize in the International 1977 Golden Prague TV Films Festival. In 2015 Özdenören received the Presidential Culture and Art Grand Award.

His works:
Müslümanca Düşünme Üzerine Denemeler
Kafa Karıştıran Kelimeler
Müslümanca Yaşamak
Yaşadığımız Günler
Yumurtayı Hangi Ucundan Kırmalı
Çarpılmışlar, Çözülme
Çok Sesli Bir Ölüm
Gül Yetiştiren Adam
Hastalar ve Işıklar
Yeni Dünya Düzeninin Sefaleti
Ruhun Malzemeleri
Ben ve Hayat ve Ölüm
Yeniden İnanmak
Denize Açılan Kapı
Red Yazıları
Acemi Yolcu
İpin Ucu
Çapraz İlişkiler
Kent İlişkileri
Kuyu
Yüzler
Köpekçe Düşünceler
Düşünsel Duruş
Toz
Aşkın Diyalektiği
Eşikte Duran İnsan
Yazı, İmge ve Gerçeklik
Ansızın Yola Çıkmak
Hışırtı
İki Dünya
İmkânsız Öyküler
Siyasal İstiareler

Reference: rasimozdenoren.com, tr.wikipedia.org