Kemal, Yasar

1922- He was born

-Turkey’s most famous Novelist, has been translated 25 languages.

1955
-His first novel, Memed, My Hawk, tells a story similar to Robin Hood legend.

 1960
-The Wind from the Plain (novel) is reminiscent of Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath.

-Has been imprisoned in Turkey for his leftist views.

1985
-His novel The Sea-Crossed Fisherman,
-is a highly politicized work in which innocent—both nature and humans—are beset by cruelty and corruption.