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Yaşar Kemal

Yaşar Kemal

Writer and human rights activist
Yaşar Kemal was a Kurdish writer and human rights activist and one of Turkey's leading authors. He received 38 awards during his lifetime and had been a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature on the strength of Memed, My Hawk. Wikipedia
Born: October 6, 1923, Gökçedam, Türkiye
Died: February 28, 2015 (age 91 years), İstanbul, Türkiye
Spouse: Ayşe Semiha Baban (m. 2002–2015) and Thilda Kemal (m. 1952–2001)