Tahsin Yücel
Tahsin Yücel (17 August 1933 – 22 January 2016) was a Turkish translator, novelist, essayist and literary critic. Born in Elbistan, Yücel studied at the Istanbul University, graduating in French philology. After completing his postgraduate studies, in 1978 he became professor in the same university. In addition to being author of essays, novels and short stories, Yücel was mainly active as a translator of about 70 novels from French into Turkish.