Nihal Yeğinobalı Explained

Nihal Yeğinobalı
Birth Name:Zeynep Nihal
Birth Date:16 November 1927
Birth Place:Manisa, Turkey
Death Place:Istanbul, Turkey
Language:Turkish, English
Nationality:Turkish
Education:Literature
Genre:Novel, translation

Zeynep Nihal Yeğinobalı (16 November 1927 - 14 March 2020) was a Turkish novelist and translator.

Private life

Zeynep Nihal was born in Manisa on 16 November 1927. She moved to Istanbul when she was eight years old. Following the primary school, she attended American College for Girls (ACG45), and upon graduation in 1945, went to the United States to study literature in the State University of New York. After living eight years in the United States, she returned to Turkey.

Yeğinobalı died in Istanbul at the age of 92 on 14 March 2020.

Career

She used the pen names "Süreyya Sarıca" and"Vincent Ewing". She was a young woman when she published her first translation of the 1904 novel The Garden of Allah by Robert Hichens (1864-1950) into Allah’ın Bahçesi in 1946, and her first novel Genç Kızlar ("Young Girls") in 1950, which was an example of fictitious translation by her pen name "Vincent Ewing".

She translated many classical and contemporary works of writers, including Laurence Sterne (713–1768), Jane Austen (1775–1817), Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855), W.M. Thackeray (1811–1863), Charles Dickens (1812–1870), Thomas Hardy (1840–1928), Lewis Carroll (1832–1898), Oscar Wilde,(1854–1900), Mark Twain (1835–1910), J. M. Barrie (1860–1937), D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930), L. Frank Baum (1856–1919), John Steinbeck (1902–1968), Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973), Mikhail Sholokhov (905–1984), Carlos Fuentes (1928–2012), Isabel Allende (born 1942), Eduardo Galeano (1940–2015), Patrick White (1912–1990), Iris Murdoch (1919–1999) and D. M. Thomas (born 1935).

Her writings and translations were also published in periodicals like Hafta, 100 Roman, Yıldız, Hayat and Akbaba. She must have been a forceful personality —not many girls of her age would have been able to talk a publishing company into printing her translation of a new and exciting book by an American writer, a writer, who never existed. Yeginobali, a keen young writer at the time, wanted to write a novel about life at a girls’ college, but was tired of being turned down by publishing companies, which kept telling her that she was too young to be a writer. She also felt that the eroticism in her writing might be an overdose for readers of the time, especially coming from a young woman like herself. Aware that translated novels were much more in demand than work by new Turkish writers, she plotted, and convinced a publishing company to expect a chapter of translation (!) from Vincent Ewing’s book each week.

The book hit the bestseller list in no time. Though Yeğinobalı was initially planning to reveal her identity, after the book came out to so much attention, she decided to keep at her game, and enjoy the commentaries from her hidden corner.

Finally, in 2004, to coincide with a reprint of the novel by Can Publishing, Yeğinobalı decided that the time had come to add on her own name next to that of Vincent Ewing’s. The book’s new issue is among the publisher’s bestseller novels. She recently wrote her memoirs, Cumhuriyet Çocuğu ("The Republic’s Child"), published by Can Yayınları in 2005. Spanning the first ten years of her life, Yeğinobalı’s memoirs provide the reader with a vivid picture of life in a small Anatolian town during the very first years of the Republic. Filmmakers are currently interested in her two other novels Mazi Kalbimde bir Yaradır (1988), and Sitem (1998), which suggest subtle readings of suppressed sexuality in Turkish society.

Works

Own works

Her major works are:

Novels
  1. Book: Genç Kızlar . Can Yayınları . 6 . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 1950 . 19 March 2014 . 376 . 978-975-070-305-8 .
  2. Eflatun Kız 1964 (Novel)
  3. Book: Mazi Kalbimde Bir Yaradır . Doğan Kitap . 1 . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 1988. 7 September 2005 . 328 . 975-293-368-8 .
  4. Book: Sitem . Doğan Kitap . 1 . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 1998 . 9 August 2005 . 331 . 975-293-354-8 .
  5. Book: Belki DefneDoğan Kitap . 1 . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 2005 . 24 February 2005 . 299 . 975-293-302-5 .
  6. Book: Gazel . Can Yayınları . 1 . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 2007 . 23 April 2007 . 296 . 978-975-070-758-2.
  7. Book: Kapı Komşumuz Nasreddin Hoca . İmge Kitabevi Yayınları . 1 . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 14 May 2015 . 64 . 978-975-533-736-4 .
Memoirs

Translations

Some of her translations are:

  1. Book: Kiev'deki Adam . Yeni Zamanlar Sahaf . 1 . Bernard Malamud . Bernard Malamud . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 1 March 1971 . 399 .
  2. Book: Kabus Şatosu . Yeni Zamanlar Sahaf . 1 . A. J. Cronin . A. J. Cronin . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 1 January 1997 . 418 .
  3. Book: Ayrılık Şarkısı . Yeni Zamanlar Sahaf . 1 . Florence L. Barclay . Florence L. Barclay . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 1 September 1969 . 399 .
  4. Book: Aşık Kadınlar . Engin Yayıncılık . 2 . D. H. Lawrence . D. H. Lawrence . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 30 October 1997. 469 . 975-379-039-2 .
  5. Book: Gurur Dünyası . İmge Kitabevi . 1 . William M. Thackeray . William Makepeace Thackeray . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 2006 . 978-975-533-481-3 .
  6. Book: İsfahan'dan İstanbul'a Hacı Baba'nın Maceraları İsfahan'dan İstanbul'a Hacı Baba'nın Maceraları . İmge Kitabevi Yayınları . 1 . James J. Morier . James Justinian Morier . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 1 August 2006 . 505 . 975--533-489-0.
  7. Book: Şu Bizim Hortlak . İmge Kitabevi Yayınları . 1 . Oscar Wilde . Oscar Wilde . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 3 August 2007 . 87 . 978-975-533-545-2.
  8. Book: Alis Aynanın İçinde Neler Gördü? . İmge Kitabevi Yayınları . 1 . Lewis Carroll . Lewis Carroll . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 21 October 2008 . 81 . 978-975-533-583-4.
  9. Book: Yitik Ufuklar . 1 . James Hilton . James Hilton (novelist) . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 6 April 2010 . 208 . 978-975-071-149-7.
  10. Book: Peter Pan İle Wendy . Can Çocuk Yayınları . 5 . J. M. Barrie . J. M. Barrie . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 26 October 2010 . 191 . 978-975-070-339-3 .
  11. Book: Grimm Masalları . Can Çocuk Yayınları . 2 . 2 . Brothers Grimm . Brothers Grimm . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 9 November 2010 . 320 . 978-975-071-243-2 .
  12. Book: Kül ve Ateş . İmge Kitabevi Yayınları . 4 . Jane Austen . Jane Austen . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 30 December 2010 . 426 . 978-975-533-512-4 .
  13. Book: Pinokyo . İmge Kitabevi Yayınları . 1 . Carlo Collodi . Carlo Collodi . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 13 January 2011 . 190. 978-975-533-657-2 .
  14. Book: Babalar ve Oğullar . İmge Kitabevi Yayınları . 1 . Ivan Turgenev . Ivan Turgenev . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 1 January 2013 . 198 . 978-975-533-725-8 .
  15. Book: Koca Gringo . Can Yayınları . 2 . Carlos Fuentes . Carlos Fuentes . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 16 August 2013 . 236 . 978-975-070-379-9 .
  16. Book: Melekler Zamanı . Ayrıntı Yayınları . 2 . Iris Murdoch . Iris Murdoch . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 26 March 2014 . 288 . 978-975-539-104-5 .
  17. Book: Cinayeti Gördüm . Can Yayınları . 4 . Julio Cortázar . Julio Cortázar . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 17 April 2015 . 84 . 978-975-070-795-7 .
  18. Book: Bahtiyarlık ve Diğer Öyküler . Can Yayınları . 2 . Katherine Mansfield . Katherine Mansfield . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 13 November 2015 . 256 . 978-975-072-613-2 .
  19. Book: Oz Büyücüsü / Zümrüt Kent . İmge Kitabevi Yayınları . 2 . L. Frank Baum . L. Frank Baum . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 25 February 2016 . 175 . 978-975-533-549-0 .
  20. Book: Alis Harikalar Diyarında . İmge Kitabevi Yayınları . 2 . Lewis Carroll . Lewis Carroll . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 31 May 2016 . 156 . 978-975-533-563-6 .
  21. Book: Kucaklaşmanın Kitabı . Can Yayınları . 5 . Eduardo Galeano . Eduardo Galeano . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 22 March 2017 . 290 . 978-975-510-422-5 .
  22. Book: Oliver Twist . Can Yayınları . 1 . Charles Dickens . Charles Dickens . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 14 June 2017 . 1008 . 978-975-073-479-3.
  23. Book: Duygusal Bir Yolculuk . Can Yayınları . 1 . Laurence Sterne . Laurence Sterne . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 14 July 2017 . 168 . 978-975-072-594-4 .
  24. Book: Mansfield Parkı . Can Yayınları. 6 . Jane Austen . Jane Austen . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 16 October 2017 . 488 . 978-975-070-936-4 .
  25. Book: Moll Flanders . Can Yayınları . 2 . Daniel Defoe . Daniel Defoe . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 26 January 2018 . 208 . 978-975-071-325-5 .
  26. Book: Cennet Çayırı . Sel Yayıncılık . 2 . John Steinbeck . John Steinbeck . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 19 March 2018 . 216 . 978-975-570-784-6 .
  27. Book: Büyük Umutlar . Can Yayınları . 15 . Charles Dickens . Charles Dickens . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 7 May 2018 . 656 . 978-975-070-057-6.
  28. Book: Jane Eyre . Can Yayınları . 10 . Charlotte Brontë . Charlotte Brontë . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 17 May 2018 . 632 . 978-975-070-826-8 .
  29. Book: Nar Evi . Can Çocuk Yayınları . 10 . Oscar Wilde . Oscar Wilde . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 28 June 2018 . 140 . 978-975-071-169-5 .
  30. Book: Örümcek Kadının Öpücüğü . Can Yayınları . 5 . Manuel Puig . Manuel Puig . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 9 November 2018 . 282 . 978-975-510-218-4.
  31. Book: Sürücü Koltuğu . Siren Yayınları . 1 . Muriel Spark . Muriel Spark . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 25 December 2018 . 96 . 978-605-590-375-6.
  32. Book: Mutlu Prens . Can Çocuk Yayınları . 23 . Oscar Wilde . Oscar Wilde . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 28 March 2019 . 80 . 978-975-071-170-1.
  33. Book: Kadın Düşmanlığı Üstüne Küçük, Öyküler . Can Yayınları . 2 . Patricia Highsmith . Patricia Highsmith . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 28 March 2019 . 112 . 978-975-073-909-5 .
  34. Book: Çılgın Kalabalıktan Uzak . Can Yayınları . 3 . Thomas Hardy . Thomas Hardy . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 9 May 2019 . 496 . 978-975-073-828-9 .
  35. Book: Ruhlar Evi . Can Yayınları . 11 . Isabel Allende . Isabel Allende . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 20 September 2019 . 432 . 978-975-510-216-0 .
  36. Book: Noel Şarkısı . Can Çocuk Yayınları . 20 . Charles Dickens . Charles Dickens . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 3 September 2019 . 125 . 978-975-070-260-0.
  37. Book: Emma . Can Yayınları . 18 . Jane Austen . Jane Austen . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 3 September 2019 . 480 . 978-975-073-918-7 .
  38. Book: Dorian Gray'in Portresi . Can Yayınları . 38 . Oscar Wilde . Oscar Wilde . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 3 September 2019 . 280 . 978-975-073-917-0 .
  39. Book: İnsanlık Suçu 1 . Ayrıksı Kitap . 1 . Theodore Dreiser . Theodore Dreiser . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 8 October 2019 . 208 . 978-605-807-274-9 .
  40. Book: Aşk ve Gurur . Can Yayınları . 27 . Jane Austen . Jane Austen . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 16 October 2019 . 456 . 978-975-073-990-3 .
  41. Book: İnsanlık Suçu 2 . Ayrıksı Kitap . 1 . Theodore Dreiser . Theodore Dreiser . Yeğinobalı, Nihal . 16 December 2019 . 512 . 978-605-807-277-0 .

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