Murat Gülsoy
Murat Gülsoy' (born 1967) is a Turkish writer. He started his literary career as a publisher and a writer of the bimonthly magazine Hayalet Gemi (Ghost Ship) in 1992. His works explore the metafictive potential of postmodern self-consciousness with ‘page turning’ plots. He also produced interactive hypertext works on internet exploring new ways of narrative. Gülsoy has published 11 books in Turkey so far. Besides short stories, he has three novels addressing modern masters Kafka, Borges, Eco, Stern,[disambiguation needed] Fowles and Orhan Pamuk. He is the recipient of most prestigious national literary awards. Being a writer, he also works as an engineer for biomedical science, as a psychologist, as a teacher for creative writing. He is the president of the editorial board of Bogazici University Press. Stehlen Sie dieses Buch is the first book to be translated into German (Literaturca Verlag). His last novel, 'A Week of Kindness in Istanbul' will be published in Chinese, Macedonian, Rumenian and Bulgarian in 2009.
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- Stehlen Sie dieses Buch , Literaturca Verlag, 2007.
- Im Dunkeln, Wespennest 148, 2007.
- De man die dacht dat hij Orhan Pamuk Was, Moderne Turkse verhalen, Atlas, 2005.
- Crazy Old Man, DESCANT, 34:2, SUM 2003.
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