It is also one of three works of Turkish literature recommended by UNESCO for translation: We wish similar success for foreign publishers! THE DISCONNECTED, (originally published in 1971), is now in its 81st print-run in Turkey. That’s why I love Yusuf Atılgan as well he manages to remain local although he benefits from Faulkner’s works and the Western traditions. … I’ve learned from Oğuz Atay that you can write about the middle class and intellectuals with more of a Chekovist level of humanity, instead of complaining, and be local while using the literary techniques of the West. Oğuz Atay himself is quite influenced by James Joyce and Nabokov. I have become a novelist by following in their footsteps. My heroes are Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Oğuz Atay, and Yusuf Atılgan.

Here we have Nobel Prizewinner Orhan Pamuk vouching for him: Arguably the most influential author of 20th century Turkish literature, Oğuz Atay is gradually making his name known on the world stage, thanks to the daring publishers taking up the challenge of publishing his work in their respective languages. Commonly referred to as “Turkey’s answer to James Joyce,” Oğuz Atay, is a modernist, trailblazing author, his work at once strongly infused by the culture, politics, and history of Turkey, while also heavily shaped by the author’s predecessors and contemporaries in world literature, in which he has firmly established his own place.

It is my great pleasure to announce that we have sold World English rights in Oguz Atay’s TUTUNAMAYANLAR (THE DISCONNECTED) to Juliet Mabey at Oneworld Publications. German cover of THE DISCONNECTED (binooki 2016)ĭutch cover of THE DISCONNECTED ( Athenaeum, Polak & Van Gennep, 2011) Previous titles sold to: Albanian (Botimet Living), German (Unionsverlag & Binooki), French (Editions Harmattan), Italian (Lunargento) Foreign rights: Dutch (Athenaeum-Polak & v Gennep), German (binooki), Greek (Stereoma)

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