Lütfiye Aydın Explained

Lütfiye Aydın (born 1949) is a Turkish school teacher and short story writer.

Life

Lütfiye Aydın was born in Gaziantep in 1949. After finishing her primary and secondary education in Gaziantep, she studied at the Turkish language Department of the Teacher's College in Buca, Izmir Province graduating in 1972. In 1985, she published her first short story book under the pen name of İkili Yalnızlık.^{[1] [2]}

She was severely wounded in the 1993 Sivas massacre along with her husband. The trauma during the incident caused her to forget reading and writing, and she was forced to re-learn language from scratch.^[3]

Works

• İkili Yalnızlık (1985)
• Cemre (1990)
• Sengisemayi Bir Ölüm (1992)
• Ölüm Erken Bir Akşamdır (1993)
• Kül Tablet (1997)
• Tsunami (1998)
• Gri Gül (2005)
• Anka Kentim Antep'im (2008)
• Aşkın Ne Derin (2016)
• Dehanın Sesi (2016)

Awards

• 1998 Kültür Bakanlığı Öykü Büyük Ödülü [Ministry of Culture Short Story Grand Prize] (Tsunami)
• 2005 Rıfat Ilgaz Öykü Ödülü [Rıfat Ilgaz Short Story Award] (Gri Gül)^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://www.idefix.com/Yazar/lutfiye-aydin/s=210774 Lütfiye Aydın
2. http://t24.com.tr/haber/tanburi-cemil-beyin-biyografik-romani-raflarda-dehanin-sesi,358486 Tanburi Cemil Bey'in biyografik romanı raflarda: Dehanın Sesi
3. http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2005/09/19/cp/rop101-20050918-102.html "12 yıl geçti, acım dinmedi"
4. http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/rifat-ilgaz-odulu-lutfiye-aydinin-315026 Rıfat Ilgaz Ödülü Lütfiye Aydın'ın