Aslı E. Perker
was born in Izmir and moved all around the country because of her parents' jobs throughout her school years. She graduated from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, American Studies Department at Dokuz Eylul University. She started her writing career at an ad agency as a copy writer and then turned to journalism. She worked at Aktuel News Magazine and Radikal, Yeni Binyil and Sabah Newspapers. After relocating to New York in 2001, she worked as a translator/interpreter and started focusing on her literature career. Her first novel, Baskalarinin Kokusu was published in 2005. Her second novel Cellat Mezarligi followed in 2009. Her latest novel Sufle came out in February 2011. She still continues to write for various magazines and newspapers and currently lives in Istanbul.
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Writers Unlimited on tour in Hatay: Portraits of Multicultural Societies
With: Adriaan van Dis, Aslı E. Perker
Is multiculturalism merely a rhetorical concept? Are the authors living in diaspora always marked with their national identities and always expected to write about the inevitably exotic lands they left behind? Or do they ever leave behind in their writing that "far away country"?
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Writers Unlimited on Tour in Ankara
With: Adriaan van Dis, Antjie Krog, Aslı E. Perker, Ayşegül Çelik, Rodaan Al Galidi
Antjie Krog, Adriaan van Dis en Rodaan Al Galidi treden samen op met de Turkse auteur Ayşegül Çelik, met gespreksleider Aslı E. Perker.
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Writers Unlimited on Tour in Istanbul: Discussion
With: Adriaan van Dis, Antjie Krog, Aslı E. Perker, Rodaan Al Galidi
The three writers on tour for Writers Unlimited read from their work and discuss the festival theme 'Fear and the city', moderated by the Turkish writer Aslı E. Perker.
