Kemal, Yashar

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Kemal, Yashar

or Yasar Kemal orig. Kemal Sadik Gogceli

(born 1922, Hemite, Tur.) Turkish novelist of Kurdish descent. At age five Kemal saw his father murdered in a mosque and was himself blinded in one eye. He was arrested several times for his political activism. He is best known for his stories of village life and for his outspoken advocacy on behalf of the dispossessed. His novel Memed, My Hawk was translated into 20 languages and was filmed in 1984. Other works include The Wind from the Plain (1960), The Undying Grass (1968), and To Crush the Serpent (1976)

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