Mehmet Yashin
- from: 19.11.2008
- to: 24.11.2008
agenda
From 19th to 24th November 2008
Practical
Several venues in Paris (see below)Mehmet Yashin, born in Cyprus in 1958, is considered to be one of the leading poets writing in Turkish of his generation. He is a member of a Cypriot family marked by the changes and ravaged by the conflicts pervading the history of the island.
Many members of his family were killed, deported or listed missing during the inter-communal violence during Christmas 1963.
He dedicated his first collection Dead soldier my love, "to all the victims of Cypriot wars" which had been published in 1984. It was awarded the Turkish Academy Poetry Prize and the A.Kadir Poetry Prize. In 1986 the military government banned this work and expelled him from his homeland. He only returned in 1993.
The Constantinople waits for no-one anthology, translated into French by Alain Mascarou (Bleu Autour), is a collection of his most remarkable poems and essays.
Wednesday, November 19th:
- 18:30, Climat Bookshop
Moderator: Alain Mascarou, translator of his works
Interpreter: Asli Aktug
5, Rue Vallon - 74200 Thonon-les-Bains
Friday, November 21st:
- 17:30, Muratore Book and Coffee shop
Moderator: Alain Mascarou, translator of his works
Interpreter: Asli Aktug
Place Jean Bernex - rue Nationale - 74500 Evian
Sunday, November 23rd:
- 11:30, V.O. Bookshop
Reception: Môn Jugie
Interpreter: Asli Aktug
36 rue de Tournai - 59000 Lille
Monday, November 24th:
- 10:00, Lycée Théophile Gautier
Host: Benoît Pastisson
Interpreter:, Asli Aktug
47, rue de Charenton - 75012 Paris
- Updated: 30.12.2008
