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name: Burhan Sönmez
about: Burhan Sönmez was born in Haymana in central Turkey. He completed his primary and secondary education in Polatlı. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Istanbul and worked for a time as a lawyer. He wrote for various newspapers and magazines on literature, culture and politics.He is member of Turkish PEN and English PEN. He lectures in Literature and Novel at the METU.He has spent several years in the UK, and now lives in Cambridge and Istanbul.His first novel, North, published in 2009.His second novel, Sins and Innocents, published in 2011 and received the Sedat Simavi Literature Award that is the most prominent literature award in Turkey. It has been translated into English, Italian and Serbian.He wrote a short story o Burhan Sönmez was born in Haymana in central Turkey. He completed his primary and secondary education in Polatlı. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Istanbul and worked for a time as a lawyer. He wrote for various newspapers and magazines on literature, culture and politics.He is member of Turkish PEN and English PEN. He lectures in Literature and Novel at the METU.He has spent several years in the UK, and now lives in Cambridge and Istanbul.His first novel, North, published in 2009.His second novel, Sins and Innocents, published in 2011 and received the Sedat Simavi Literature Award that is the most prominent literature award in Turkey. It has been translated into English, Italian and Serbian.He wrote a short story of "Prehistoric Dogs" for A Story of Dersim (Bir Dersim Hikâyesi) a book that edited by Murathan Mungan. ...more