آیفر تونچ

Ayfer Tunç

Ayfer Tunç was born in Adapazari in 1964. She graduated from the Istanbul University Faculty of Political Sciences. During her university years, she wrote many articles for various literature, culture and art magazines. In 1989, she participated in the Yunus Nadi Short Story Competition organized by the daily Cumhuriyet newspaper. Her short story titled Saklı (Hidden) received the first prize. Between 1999-2004, she worked as the chief editor of Yapı Kredi Publishing House. Her book titled Maniniz Yoksa Annemler Size Gelecek-70’li Yıllarda Hayatımız (My Parents Will Visit You If You Aren’t Occupied - Our Life in the '70s) was published in 2001 was met with great enthusiasm. In 2003, the same book won the International Balkanika Award, co-organized by seven Balkan countries, and qualified for being translated into six Balkan languages. In addition, the book was published in Arabic in Syria and Lebanon. Ayfer Tunç also wrote a script titled Havada Bulut (Cloud in the Sky), based on short stories by Sait Faik, and it was filmed and broadcast on TRT in 2003.

Ayfer Tunç’s published works:

Hidden (story) 1989
Cover Girl (novel) 1992
Two-Faced Sexuality (research) 1994
Friends From The Cave (story) 1996
The Aziz Bey Phenomenon (story) 2000
My Parents Will Visit You If You Aren’t Occupied (essays) 2001
Rock- Paper- Scissors (story) 2003
Evvelhotel (story) 2006
This They Call Life (essays) 2007
The Very Erroneously Narrated Short History of a Madhouse (novel) 2009
The Night of Green Fairy (novel) 2010
Motherland Stories (essays) 2012

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