Yaşar Kemal

Yaşar Kemal, (born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli 6 October 1923 – 28 February 2015) was a Turkish writer of Kurdish origin. He was one of Turkey's leading writers. Kemal was long a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, on the strength of Memed, My Hawk.

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Category:1923 births
Category:2015 deaths
Category:Kurdish writers
Category:Turkish writers