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Acclaimed Turkish author Elif Şafak tours US with
Acclaimed Turkish author Elif Şafak tours US with ´Black Milk´
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Internationally acclaimed Turkish writer Elif Şafak has embarked on a U.S. tour following the release there of her latest book, “Siyah Süt” (Black Milk), based on her personal experiences with postpartum depression.
Şafak’s tour of top universities and literature festivals included two recent events at the PEN festival in New York. She took the stage with Salman Rushdie and Jonathan Franzen before an audience of 500 people at the festival’s closing ceremony, which took place at the Moth Theater, and made a speech on the “Dilemmas of a Writer.”
The author’s new memoir, the elegantly writ..
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Cultural understanding connects the modern world
Cultural understanding connects the modern world, according to speaker
May 4, 2011
Written by Alexandros Letsas
Award-winning novelist Elif Shafak, considered the most widely read female writer in Turkey, delivered the 2011 Campagna Kerven Lecture to about 40 students and faculty in the Castle on Tuesday.
In 2006 Suzanne Campagna launched the annual lecture in memory of her father, Mehmet Nahid Kerven, and her husband, Gerald Campagna, to promote themes on Modern Turkish society, economy, culture and politics, according to the lecture’s website.
Shafak first gave a speech about her background, her work and her concept of the modern world and then initiated an open conversation w..
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The Architect´s Apprentice
The Architect´s Apprentice is a dazzling and intricate tale from Elif Shafak, bestselling author of The Bastard of Istanbul.
´There were six of us: the master, the apprentices and the white elephant. We built everything together...´
Sixteenth century Istanbul: a stowaway arrives in the city bearing an extraordinary gift for the Sultan. The boy is utterly alone in a foreign land, with no worldly possessions to his name except Chota, a rare white elephant destined for the palace menagerie.
So begins an epic adventure that will see young Jahan rise from lowly origins to the highest ranks of the Sultan´s court. Along the way he will meet deceitful courtiers and false friends, gypsies, animal tamers, and the beautiful, mischievous Princess Mihrimah. He will journey on Chota´s back ... More >>
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Elif Shafak Performs at The Moth: PEN World Voices
Elif Shafak tells a story on the them “What Went Wrong?” at The Moth at PEN World Voices, part of the 2011 PEN World Voices Festival.
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