Ayfer Tunc, is a story writer and novelist who has been declared one of the most recent brilliant writers in Turkish literature. Tunc was born in the city of Adapazari in northwest Turkey in 1964. Tunc graduated from the School of Political Sciences at Istanbul University and started working as a journalist for widely circulated periodicals and daily newspapers in 1989. She also worked as editor-in-chief at one of Turkey's oldest and biggest publishing houses, Yapi Kredi Publishing House, from 1999 to 2004. Her first collection of short stories, titled Sakli, was published in 1989. It was followed by her debut novel, Kapak Kizi, in 1992. In addition to novels and short stories, Tunc also writes reports, radio plays and scripts for TV series. Her works have been translated into several languages and honored with the Yunus Nadi Short Story Prize (1989). Her book My Parents Will Visit You If You Aren't Busy: Our Life in the 70's, first published in 2001, won the International Balkanika Literary Award in 2003. Her books have been translated and published in China (Shanghai Literature) France (Galaade), Italy (Clandestine) and Sweden (Storge). -
"Some of Tunc's protagonists love too little; others love too much. In almost every story, however, her characters are undone by their inability to empathise with the feelings of those nearest to them...After reading 'The Aziz Bey Incident and Other Stories', it's hard not to feel impatient for more English translations of works by this deft and unsettling author." Julia Harte, TimeOut Istanbul 'Ayfer Tunc, an acclaimed novelist and short story writer in her native Turkey, is widely translated abroad but little known in English. In this engaging short story collection, we follow the fortunes of various characters, defeated by circumstances or forces outside their control. " "...this haunting, unique collection that vividly evokes Turkey's various landscapes." Lucy Popescu, HuffPost Culture UK
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