Aslı Tohumcu

For March, we reached out to Turkish writer Aslı Tohumcu. She prepared a reading list for young writer. Have a good read!

1. Sevgi Soysal/ Noontime in Yenişehir

“Because it reflects on many sides of a social fraction with all the pain and nakedness, because it dares to tell from within, because of how it portrays separate, realistic and different lives of the characters as a common figure when we look at the big picture, because of it’s superior usage of fiction and wording. and because it never gets old.”

2. Suat Derviş/ İstanbul’un Bir Gecesi

3. Cahide Birgül / Gölgeler Çekildiğinde

4. George Saunders / In Persuasion Nation

“Because it portrays the denominational, technological and moral aspects of the dark and fearful future awaiting humans. Because it make the reader come to their senses and give the urge to disturb the systems ways.”

5. J. G. Ballard / Myths of the Near Future

“J. G. Ballard’s undescribable stories which holds a whole new meaning in these qarantine days…”

Yazar Hakkında / About the author

Aslı Tohumcu

Aralık 1974’te Leverkusen’de doğdu, Bursa’da büyüdü. İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı öğrenimi gördü; çeşitli yayınevlerinde editörlük, TRT 2’de sunuculuk ve danışmanlık yaptı; kitap ekleri çıkardı. 2003’te Abis, 2006’da Yok Bana Sensiz Hayat, 2010’da Şeytan Geçti ve Taş Uykusu, 2014’te Ölü Reşat, 2017’de Sevil de Sevme (Seyhan Argun’un çizgileriyle), 2018’de Durmadan Leyla ve 2020’de Kötü Kalp adlı kitapları yayımlandı. Kutlukhan Kutlu ile 2015’te Güçoburlar adlı derlemeyi ve 2018’de İstanbul: 2099 adlı antolojiyi hazırladı. Kitapları çeşitli dillere çevrilen Tohumcu, Kadın Öykülerinde İstanbul, İstanbul Sokakları (101 Yazardan 100 Sokak) ve Merhaba Asker adlı derlemelere öyküleriyle katkıda bulundu. Çocuklar için Bolbadim Günlükleri, Eksimus Serüvenleri, Karadankaçanlar, Dünyayı Döndüren Kız, Üç, İkiii, Birr, Ateş!, Hışır Hışır Kırt Kırt ve Herkesin Evine Döndüğü Gün adlı kitapları yazdı. Kızı Tomris’le İstanbul’da yaşıyor.
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She was born in Leverkusen on 1974 and raised in Bursa. She studied English Language and Literature. She worked as an editor in various publishing houses, she worked in TRT 2 as a speaker and consultant; she prepared book magazines for newspapers. In 2003 Abis, in 2006 Yok Bana Sensiz Hayat, in 2010 Şeytan Geçti and Taş Uykusu, in 2014 Ölü Reşat, in 2017 Sevil de Sevme (Seyhan Argun’s drawings), in 2018 Durmadan Leyla and in 2020 Kötü Kalp were published. She prepared Güçoburlar compilation with Kutlukhan Kutlu in 2015. and in 2018, she prepared İstanbul:2099 anthology. Her books were translated to various languages. She wrote many books for children too. She lives with her daughter Tomris in İstanbul.

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