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Elif Shafak

October 19, 2023

Elif Shafak FRSL (Turkish: Elif Şafak, pronounced [eˈlif ʃaˈfak]; née Bilgin; born 25 October 1971) is a Turkish-British[1] novelist, essayist, public speaker, political scientist[2] and activist.

Elif Shafak
Shafak in 2021
Native name
Elif Şafak
BornElif Bilgin
(1971-10-25) 25 October 1971 (age 51)
Strasbourg, France
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • essayist
  • public speaker
  • activist
Language
  • English
  • Turkish
  • Spanish
EducationMiddle East Technical University
Period1990s–present
GenreLiterary fiction
Notable works
Website
www.elifshafak.com

Shafak[a] writes in Turkish and English, and has published 19 works. She is best known for her novels, which include The Bastard of Istanbul, The Forty Rules of Love, Three Daughters of Eve and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. Her books have been translated into 55 languages and been nominated for several literary awards. Described by the Financial Times as "Turkey's leading female novelist",[3] several of her works have been bestsellers in Turkey and internationally.

Her works have prominently featured the city of Istanbul, and dealt with themes of Eastern and Western culture, roles of women in society, and human rights issues. Certain politically challenging topics addressed in her novels, such as child abuse and the Armenian genocide, have led to legal action from authorities in Turkey[4][5] that prompted her to emigrate to the United Kingdom.

Shafak has a PhD in political science. An essayist and contributor to several media outlets, Shafak has advocated for women's rights, minority rights, and freedom of speech.[citation needed]

Early life and education Edit

Shafak was born in Strasbourg, France, to Nuri Bilgin, a philosopher, and Şafak Atayman, who later became a diplomat. After her parents separated, Shafak returned to Ankara, Turkey, where she was raised by her mother and maternal grandmother.[6] She says that growing up in a dysfunctional family was difficult, but that growing up in a non-patriarchal environment had a beneficial impact on her. Having grown up without her father, she met her half-brothers for the first time when she was in her mid-twenties.[7]

Shafak added her mother's first name, Turkish for "dawn", to her own when constructing her pen name at the age of eighteen. Shafak spent her teenage years in Madrid, Jordan and Germany.[7]

Shafak studied an undergraduate degree in international relations at Middle East Technical University, and earned a master's degree in women's studies.[8] She holds a Ph.D. in political science.[9][10] She has taught at universities in Turkey. Later emigrating to the United States, she was a fellow at Mount Holyoke College, a visiting professor at the University of Michigan, and was a tenured professor at the University of Arizona in Near Eastern studies.[7][11]

In the UK, she held the Weidenfeld Visiting Professorship in Comparative European Literature at St Anne's College, University of Oxford, for the 2017–2018 academic year,[12] where she is an honorary fellow.[13]

Career Edit

Shafak has published nineteen books, fiction and nonfiction.[14]

Fiction Edit

Shafak's first novel, Pinhan, was awarded the Rumi Prize in 1998, a Turkish literary prize.[15]

Shafak's 1999 novel Mahrem (The Gaze) was awarded "Best Novel" by the Turkish Authors' Association in 2000.[16]

Her next novel, Bit Palas (The Flea Palace, 2002), was shortlisted for Independent Best Foreign Fiction in 2005.[17][18]

Shafak released her first novel in English, The Saint of Incipient Insanities, in 2004.[7]

Her second novel in English, The Bastard of Istanbul, was long-listed for the Orange Prize.[19] It addresses the Armenian genocide, which is denied by the Turkish government. Shafak was prosecuted in July 2006 on charges of "insulting Turkishness" (Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code) for discussing the genocide in the novel. Had she been convicted, she would have faced a maximum prison sentence of three years. The Guardian commented that The Bastard of Istanbul may be the first Turkish novel to address the genocide.[20] She was acquitted of these charges in September 2006 at the prosecutor's request.[21]

Shafak's novel The Forty Rules of Love (Aşk in Turkish) became a bestseller in Turkey upon its release;[22] it sold more than 200,000 copies by 2009, surpassing a previous record of 120,000 copies set by Orhan Pamuk's The New Life.[23] In France, it was awarded a Prix ALEF* – Mention Spéciale Littérature Etrangère.[24] It was also nominated for the 2012 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.[25] In 2019, it was listed by the BBC as one of the 100 "most inspiring" novels[26] and one of the "100 novels that shaped our world".[27]

Her 2012 novel Honour, which focuses on an honour killing,[28] was nominated for the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize and 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction,[29][30][31] followed by The Architect's Apprentice, a historical fiction novel about a fictional apprentice to Mimar Sinan, in 2014.[7]

Her novel Three Daughters of Eve (2017), set in Istanbul and Oxford from the 1980s to the present day,[32] was chosen by London Mayor Sadiq Khan as his favourite book of the year.[33] American writer Siri Hustvedt also praised the book.[34] The book explores themes of secular versus orthodox religious practice, conservative versus liberal politics and modern Turkish attitudes towards these .[35]

Following Margaret Atwood, David Mitchell and Sjon, Shafak was selected as the 2017 writer for the Future Library project. Her work The Last Taboo is the third part of a collection of 100 literary works that will not be published until 2114.[36]

Shafak's 2019 novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World, revolving around the life of an Istanbul sex worker, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.[37] In 2019, Shafak was investigated by Turkish prosecutors for addressing child abuse and sexual violence in her fiction writing.[5]

Shafak released her twelfth novel The Island of Missing Trees in 2021.[38]

Non-fiction Edit

Shafak's non-fiction essays in Turkish have been collected in four books: Med-Cezir (2005),[39] Firarperest (2010),[40] Şemspare (2012)[41] and Sanma ki Yalnızsın (2017).[42]

In 2020, Shafak published How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division.[2]

In the media Edit

Shafak has written for Time,[43] The Guardian,[44] La Repubblica,[45] The New Yorker,[46] The New York Times,[47] Der Spiegel[48] and New Statesman.[49]

Shafak has been a panellist or commentator on BBC World,[50] Euronews[51] and Al Jazeera English.[52]

In July 2017, Elif Shafak was chosen as a "castaway" on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.[53]

Shafak has been a TEDGlobal speaker three times.[54]

Themes Edit

Istanbul Edit

Istanbul has been prominent in Shafak's writing. She depicts the city as a melting pot of different cultures and various contradictions.[55] Shafak has remarked: "Istanbul makes one comprehend, perhaps not intellectually but intuitively, that East and West are ultimately imaginary concepts, and can thereby be de-imagined and re-imagined."[43] In the same essay written for Time magazine Shafak says: "East and West is no water and oil. They do mix. And in a city like Istanbul they mix intensely, incessantly, amazingly."[43] The New York Times Book Review said of Shafak, "she has a particular genius for depicting backstreet Istanbul, where the myriad cultures of the Ottoman Empire are still in tangled evidence on every family tree."[4]

In a piece she wrote for the BBC, Shafak said, "Istanbul is like a huge, colourful Matrushka – you open it and find another doll inside. You open that, only to see a new doll nesting. It is a hall of mirrors where nothing is quite what it seems. One should be cautious when using categories to talk about Istanbul. If there is one thing the city doesn't like, it is clichés."[56]

Eastern and Western cultures Edit

Shafak blends Eastern and Western ways of storytelling, and draws on oral and written culture. In The Washington Post, Ron Charles says, "Shafak speaks in a multivalent voice that captures the roiling tides of diverse cultures."[57] Mysticism and specifically Sufism has also been a theme in her work, particularly in The Forty Rules of Love.[58][59][22]

Feminism Edit

A feminist and advocate for gender equality, Shafak's writing has addressed numerous feminist issues and the role of women in society.[58][55][32] Examples include motherhood[58] and violence against women.[55] In an interview with William Skidelsky for The Guardian, she said: "In Turkey, men write and women read. I want to see this change."[60]

Human rights Edit

Shafak's novels have explored human rights issues, particularly those in Turkey. She has said: "What literature tries to do is to re-humanize people who have been dehumanized ... People whose voices we never hear. That's a big part of my work".[61] Specific topics have included persecution of Yazidis, the Armenian genocide[55] and the treatment of various minorities in Turkey.[61]

Views Edit

Freedom of speech Edit

Shafak is an advocate for freedom of expression.[62] While taking part in the Free Speech Debate, she commented, "I am more interested in showing the things we have in common as fellow human beings, sharing the same planet and ultimately, the same sorrows and joys rather than adding yet another brick in the imaginary walls erected between cultures/religions/ethnicities."[63]

Political views Edit

Shafak has been critical of the presidency of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, describing his tenure as leading to increased authoritarianism in Turkey.[64] She signed an open letter in protest against Turkey's Twitter ban in 2014, commenting: "the very core of democracy ... is lacking in today's Turkey".[65]

Shafak has spoken and written about various global political trends. In the 2010s, she drew parallels between Turkish political history and political developments in Europe and the United States.[59] Writing in The New Yorker in 2016, she said "Wave after wave of nationalism, isolationism, and tribalism have hit the shores of countries across Europe, and they have reached the United States. Jingoism and xenophobia are on the rise. It is an Age of Angst—and it is a short step from angst to anger and from anger to aggression."[46]

Shafak signed an open letter in protest against Russian persecution of homosexuals and blasphemy laws before Sochi 2014.[66]

Personal life Edit

Shafak had lived in Istanbul, and in the United States before moving to the UK.[67] Shafak has lived in London since 2013,[7][68] but speaks of "carrying Istanbul in her soul".[69] As of 2019, Shafak had been in self-imposed exile from Turkey due to fear of prosecution.[59][70]

Shafak is married to the Turkish journalist Eyüp Can Sağlık, a former editor of the newspaper Radikal, with whom she has a daughter and a son.[68][71] In 2017, Shafak came out as bisexual.[72]

Following the birth of her daughter in 2006, Shafak suffered from postnatal depression, a period she addressed in her memoir Black Milk.[73]

Awards and recognition Edit

Book awards Edit

Other recognition Edit

  • Maria Grazia Cutuli Award – International Journalism Prize, Italy 2006.[83]
  • Turkish Journalists and Writers Foundation "The Art of Coexistence Award, 2009";[84]
  • Marka Conference 2010 Award;[85]
  • Women To Watch Award, Mediacat & Advertising Age, March 2014;[86]
  • Asian Women of Achievement Awards 2015: Global Empowerment Award;[87]
  • 2016 GTF Awards for Excellence in Promoting Gender Equality;[88]
  • BBC's 100 most inspiring and influential women, 2021.[89]

Bibliography Edit

Turkish English
Name Year Publisher ISBN Name Year Publisher ISBN
Kem Gözlere Anadolu 1994 Evrensel 9789757837299
Pinhan 1997 Metis 975-342-297-0
Şehrin Aynaları 1999 Metis 975-342-298-9
Mahrem 2000 Metis 975-342-285-7 The Gaze 2006 Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd 978-0714531212
Bit Palas 2002 Metis 975-342-354-3 The Flea Palace 2007 Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd 978 0714531205
Araf 2004 Metis 978-975-342-465-3 The Saint of Incipient Insanities 2004 Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-25357-9
Beşpeşe (with Murathan Mungan, Faruk Ulay, Celil Oker and Pınar Kür) 2004 Metis 975-342-467-1
Med-Cezir 2005 Metis 975-342-533-3
Baba ve Piç 2006 Metis 978-975-342-553-7 The Bastard of Istanbul 2007 Viking 0-670-03834-2
Siyah Süt 2007 Doğan 975-991-531-6 Black Milk: On Writing, Motherhood, and the Harem Within 2011 Viking 0-670-02264-0
Aşk 2009 Doğan 978-605-111-107-0 The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi 2010 Viking 0-670-02145-8
Kâğıt Helva 2010 Doğan 978-605-111-426-2
Firarperest 2010 Doğan 978-605-111-902-1
The Happiness of Blond People: A Personal Meditation on the Dangers of Identity 2011 Penguin 9780670921768
İskender 2011 Doğan 978-605-090-251-8 Honour 2012 Viking 0-670-92115-7
Şemspare 2012 Doğan 978-605-090-799-5
Ustam ve Ben 2013 Doğan 978-605-09-1803-8 The Architect's Apprentice 2014 Viking 978-024-100-491-3
Sakız Sardunya 2014 Doğan 978-605-09-2291-2
Havva'nın Üç Kızı 2016 Doğan 978-605-09-3537-0 Three Daughters of Eve 2016 Viking 978-024-128-804-7
Sanma ki Yalnızsın 2018 Doğan 978-605-095-146-2
On Dakika Otuz Sekiz Saniye 2018 Doğan 978-605-096-309-0 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World 2019 Viking 978-024-129-386-7
Aşkın Kırk Kuralı (compilation based on Aşk) 2019 Doğan Novus 978-605-095-864-5
Bölünmüş Bir Dünyada Akıl Sağlığımızı Nasıl Koruruz 2022 Doğan 978-625-821-547-2 How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division 2020 Welcome Collection / Profile Books 978-178-816-572-3
The Island of Missing Trees 2021 Viking 978-024-143-499-4
  Novel
  Essay / Anthology
  Autobiography
  Children's book
  Short story

NOTE: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd was bought out by Viking in 2011.

Notes Edit

  1. ^ Her name is spelled "Shafak" (with the digraph ⟨Sh⟩ in place of the ⟨Ş⟩) on her books published in English, including the Penguin Books edition of The Forty Rules of Love.

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Further reading Edit

  • Kalpaklı, Fatma. Amitav Ghosh ile Elif Şafak’ın Romanlarında Öteki/leştirme/Us and Them Attitude in the Works of Amitav Ghosh and Elif Şafak . Konya: Çizgi Kitabevi, 2016. ISBN 978-605-9427-28-9

External links Edit

 
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  • Elif Shafak on Twitter
  • Elif Shafak's Istanbul, CNN International
  • Elif Shafak 'Read My Country', BBC Radio World Service The Strand
  • Urdu Translations of Elif Shafak's books, Jumhoori Publications
  • Elif Shafak: 'In Turkey, men write and women read. I want to see this change'

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elif, shafak, frsl, turkish, elif, şafak, pronounced, eˈlif, ʃaˈfak, née, bilgin, born, october, 1971, turkish, british, novelist, essayist, public, speaker, political, scientist, activist, shafak, 2021native, nameelif, şafakbornelif, bilgin, 1971, october, 19. Elif Shafak FRSL Turkish Elif Safak pronounced eˈlif ʃaˈfak nee Bilgin born 25 October 1971 is a Turkish British 1 novelist essayist public speaker political scientist 2 and activist Elif ShafakShafak in 2021Native nameElif SafakBornElif Bilgin 1971 10 25 25 October 1971 age 51 Strasbourg FranceOccupationNovelistessayistpublic speakeractivistLanguageEnglishTurkishSpanishEducationMiddle East Technical UniversityPeriod1990s presentGenreLiterary fictionNotable worksThree Daughters of EveThe GazeThe Bastard of IstanbulThe Forty Rules of LoveHonour10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange WorldWebsitewww wbr elifshafak wbr comShafak a writes in Turkish and English and has published 19 works She is best known for her novels which include The Bastard of Istanbul The Forty Rules of Love Three Daughters of Eve and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World Her books have been translated into 55 languages and been nominated for several literary awards Described by the Financial Times as Turkey s leading female novelist 3 several of her works have been bestsellers in Turkey and internationally Her works have prominently featured the city of Istanbul and dealt with themes of Eastern and Western culture roles of women in society and human rights issues Certain politically challenging topics addressed in her novels such as child abuse and the Armenian genocide have led to legal action from authorities in Turkey 4 5 that prompted her to emigrate to the United Kingdom Shafak has a PhD in political science An essayist and contributor to several media outlets Shafak has advocated for women s rights minority rights and freedom of speech citation needed Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2 1 Fiction 2 2 Non fiction 2 3 In the media 3 Themes 3 1 Istanbul 3 2 Eastern and Western cultures 3 3 Feminism 3 4 Human rights 4 Views 4 1 Freedom of speech 4 2 Political views 5 Personal life 6 Awards and recognition 6 1 Book awards 6 2 Other recognition 7 Bibliography 8 Notes 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External linksEarly life and education EditShafak was born in Strasbourg France to Nuri Bilgin a philosopher and Safak Atayman who later became a diplomat After her parents separated Shafak returned to Ankara Turkey where she was raised by her mother and maternal grandmother 6 She says that growing up in a dysfunctional family was difficult but that growing up in a non patriarchal environment had a beneficial impact on her Having grown up without her father she met her half brothers for the first time when she was in her mid twenties 7 Shafak added her mother s first name Turkish for dawn to her own when constructing her pen name at the age of eighteen Shafak spent her teenage years in Madrid Jordan and Germany 7 Shafak studied an undergraduate degree in international relations at Middle East Technical University and earned a master s degree in women s studies 8 She holds a Ph D in political science 9 10 She has taught at universities in Turkey Later emigrating to the United States she was a fellow at Mount Holyoke College a visiting professor at the University of Michigan and was a tenured professor at the University of Arizona in Near Eastern studies 7 11 In the UK she held the Weidenfeld Visiting Professorship in Comparative European Literature at St Anne s College University of Oxford for the 2017 2018 academic year 12 where she is an honorary fellow 13 Career EditShafak has published nineteen books fiction and nonfiction 14 Fiction Edit Shafak s first novel Pinhan was awarded the Rumi Prize in 1998 a Turkish literary prize 15 Shafak s 1999 novel Mahrem The Gaze was awarded Best Novel by the Turkish Authors Association in 2000 16 Her next novel Bit Palas The Flea Palace 2002 was shortlisted for Independent Best Foreign Fiction in 2005 17 18 Shafak released her first novel in English The Saint of Incipient Insanities in 2004 7 Her second novel in English The Bastard of Istanbul was long listed for the Orange Prize 19 It addresses the Armenian genocide which is denied by the Turkish government Shafak was prosecuted in July 2006 on charges of insulting Turkishness Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code for discussing the genocide in the novel Had she been convicted she would have faced a maximum prison sentence of three years The Guardian commented that The Bastard of Istanbul may be the first Turkish novel to address the genocide 20 She was acquitted of these charges in September 2006 at the prosecutor s request 21 Shafak s novel The Forty Rules of Love Ask in Turkish became a bestseller in Turkey upon its release 22 it sold more than 200 000 copies by 2009 surpassing a previous record of 120 000 copies set by Orhan Pamuk s The New Life 23 In France it was awarded a Prix ALEF Mention Speciale Litterature Etrangere 24 It was also nominated for the 2012 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 25 In 2019 it was listed by the BBC as one of the 100 most inspiring novels 26 and one of the 100 novels that shaped our world 27 Her 2012 novel Honour which focuses on an honour killing 28 was nominated for the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize and 2013 Women s Prize for Fiction 29 30 31 followed by The Architect s Apprentice a historical fiction novel about a fictional apprentice to Mimar Sinan in 2014 7 Her novel Three Daughters of Eve 2017 set in Istanbul and Oxford from the 1980s to the present day 32 was chosen by London Mayor Sadiq Khan as his favourite book of the year 33 American writer Siri Hustvedt also praised the book 34 The book explores themes of secular versus orthodox religious practice conservative versus liberal politics and modern Turkish attitudes towards these 35 Following Margaret Atwood David Mitchell and Sjon Shafak was selected as the 2017 writer for the Future Library project Her work The Last Taboo is the third part of a collection of 100 literary works that will not be published until 2114 36 Shafak s 2019 novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World revolving around the life of an Istanbul sex worker was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 37 In 2019 Shafak was investigated by Turkish prosecutors for addressing child abuse and sexual violence in her fiction writing 5 Shafak released her twelfth novel The Island of Missing Trees in 2021 38 Non fiction Edit Shafak s non fiction essays in Turkish have been collected in four books Med Cezir 2005 39 Firarperest 2010 40 Semspare 2012 41 and Sanma ki Yalnizsin 2017 42 In 2020 Shafak published How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division 2 In the media Edit Shafak has written for Time 43 The Guardian 44 La Repubblica 45 The New Yorker 46 The New York Times 47 Der Spiegel 48 and New Statesman 49 Shafak has been a panellist or commentator on BBC World 50 Euronews 51 and Al Jazeera English 52 In July 2017 Elif Shafak was chosen as a castaway on BBC Radio 4 s Desert Island Discs 53 Shafak has been a TEDGlobal speaker three times 54 Themes EditIstanbul Edit Istanbul has been prominent in Shafak s writing She depicts the city as a melting pot of different cultures and various contradictions 55 Shafak has remarked Istanbul makes one comprehend perhaps not intellectually but intuitively that East and West are ultimately imaginary concepts and can thereby be de imagined and re imagined 43 In the same essay written for Time magazine Shafak says East and West is no water and oil They do mix And in a city like Istanbul they mix intensely incessantly amazingly 43 The New York Times Book Review said of Shafak she has a particular genius for depicting backstreet Istanbul where the myriad cultures of the Ottoman Empire are still in tangled evidence on every family tree 4 In a piece she wrote for the BBC Shafak said Istanbul is like a huge colourful Matrushka you open it and find another doll inside You open that only to see a new doll nesting It is a hall of mirrors where nothing is quite what it seems One should be cautious when using categories to talk about Istanbul If there is one thing the city doesn t like it is cliches 56 Eastern and Western cultures Edit Shafak blends Eastern and Western ways of storytelling and draws on oral and written culture In The Washington Post Ron Charles says Shafak speaks in a multivalent voice that captures the roiling tides of diverse cultures 57 Mysticism and specifically Sufism has also been a theme in her work particularly in The Forty Rules of Love 58 59 22 Feminism Edit A feminist and advocate for gender equality Shafak s writing has addressed numerous feminist issues and the role of women in society 58 55 32 Examples include motherhood 58 and violence against women 55 In an interview with William Skidelsky for The Guardian she said In Turkey men write and women read I want to see this change 60 Human rights Edit Shafak s novels have explored human rights issues particularly those in Turkey She has said What literature tries to do is to re humanize people who have been dehumanized People whose voices we never hear That s a big part of my work 61 Specific topics have included persecution of Yazidis the Armenian genocide 55 and the treatment of various minorities in Turkey 61 Views EditFreedom of speech Edit Shafak is an advocate for freedom of expression 62 While taking part in the Free Speech Debate she commented I am more interested in showing the things we have in common as fellow human beings sharing the same planet and ultimately the same sorrows and joys rather than adding yet another brick in the imaginary walls erected between cultures religions ethnicities 63 Political views Edit Shafak has been critical of the presidency of Recep Tayyip Erdogan describing his tenure as leading to increased authoritarianism in Turkey 64 She signed an open letter in protest against Turkey s Twitter ban in 2014 commenting the very core of democracy is lacking in today s Turkey 65 Shafak has spoken and written about various global political trends In the 2010s she drew parallels between Turkish political history and political developments in Europe and the United States 59 Writing in The New Yorker in 2016 she said Wave after wave of nationalism isolationism and tribalism have hit the shores of countries across Europe and they have reached the United States Jingoism and xenophobia are on the rise It is an Age of Angst and it is a short step from angst to anger and from anger to aggression 46 Shafak signed an open letter in protest against Russian persecution of homosexuals and blasphemy laws before Sochi 2014 66 Personal life EditShafak had lived in Istanbul and in the United States before moving to the UK 67 Shafak has lived in London since 2013 7 68 but speaks of carrying Istanbul in her soul 69 As of 2019 Shafak had been in self imposed exile from Turkey due to fear of prosecution 59 70 Shafak is married to the Turkish journalist Eyup Can Saglik a former editor of the newspaper Radikal with whom she has a daughter and a son 68 71 In 2017 Shafak came out as bisexual 72 Following the birth of her daughter in 2006 Shafak suffered from postnatal depression a period she addressed in her memoir Black Milk 73 Awards and recognition EditBook awards Edit Pinhan The Great Rumi Award Turkey 1998 15 The Gaze Union of Turkish Writers Best Novel Prize 2000 16 and The Flea Palace shortlisted for Independent Foreign Fiction Prize United Kingdom 2005 citation needed Soufi mon amour Phebus 2011 Prix ALEF Mention Speciale Litterature Etrangere 74 The Forty Rules of Love nominated for 2012 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 75 Crime d honneur Phebus 2013 2013 Prix Relay des voyageurs 76 Honour second place for the Prix Escapade France 2014 77 The Architect s Apprentice shortlisted for RSL Ondaatje Prize 2015 78 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2019 37 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World shortlisted for Ondaatje Prize 2020 79 The Island of Missing Trees shortlisted for the Costa Book Award 2021 80 Halldor Laxness International Literature Prize 2021 81 The Island of Missing Trees shortlisted for the Women s Prize for Fiction 2022 82 Other recognition Edit Maria Grazia Cutuli Award International Journalism Prize Italy 2006 83 Turkish Journalists and Writers Foundation The Art of Coexistence Award 2009 84 Marka Conference 2010 Award 85 Women To Watch Award Mediacat amp Advertising Age March 2014 86 Asian Women of Achievement Awards 2015 Global Empowerment Award 87 2016 GTF Awards for Excellence in Promoting Gender Equality 88 BBC s 100 most inspiring and influential women 2021 89 Bibliography EditTurkish EnglishName Year Publisher ISBN Name Year Publisher ISBNKem Gozlere Anadolu 1994 Evrensel 9789757837299Pinhan 1997 Metis 975 342 297 0Sehrin Aynalari 1999 Metis 975 342 298 9Mahrem 2000 Metis 975 342 285 7 The Gaze 2006 Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd 978 0714531212Bit Palas 2002 Metis 975 342 354 3 The Flea Palace 2007 Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd 978 0714531205Araf 2004 Metis 978 975 342 465 3 The Saint of Incipient Insanities 2004 Farrar Straus and Giroux 0 374 25357 9Bespese with Murathan Mungan Faruk Ulay Celil Oker and Pinar Kur 2004 Metis 975 342 467 1Med Cezir 2005 Metis 975 342 533 3Baba ve Pic 2006 Metis 978 975 342 553 7 The Bastard of Istanbul 2007 Viking 0 670 03834 2Siyah Sut 2007 Dogan 975 991 531 6 Black Milk On Writing Motherhood and the Harem Within 2011 Viking 0 670 02264 0Ask 2009 Dogan 978 605 111 107 0 The Forty Rules of Love A Novel of Rumi 2010 Viking 0 670 02145 8Kagit Helva 2010 Dogan 978 605 111 426 2Firarperest 2010 Dogan 978 605 111 902 1The Happiness of Blond People A Personal Meditation on the Dangers of Identity 2011 Penguin 9780670921768Iskender 2011 Dogan 978 605 090 251 8 Honour 2012 Viking 0 670 92115 7Semspare 2012 Dogan 978 605 090 799 5Ustam ve Ben 2013 Dogan 978 605 09 1803 8 The Architect s Apprentice 2014 Viking 978 024 100 491 3Sakiz Sardunya 2014 Dogan 978 605 09 2291 2Havva nin Uc Kizi 2016 Dogan 978 605 09 3537 0 Three Daughters of Eve 2016 Viking 978 024 128 804 7Sanma ki Yalnizsin 2018 Dogan 978 605 095 146 2On Dakika Otuz Sekiz Saniye 2018 Dogan 978 605 096 309 0 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World 2019 Viking 978 024 129 386 7Askin Kirk Kurali compilation based on Ask 2019 Dogan Novus 978 605 095 864 5Bolunmus Bir Dunyada Akil Sagligimizi Nasil Koruruz 2022 Dogan 978 625 821 547 2 How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division 2020 Welcome Collection Profile Books 978 178 816 572 3The Island of Missing Trees 2021 Viking 978 024 143 499 4 Novel Essay Anthology Autobiography Children s book Short story NOTE Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd was bought out by Viking in 2011 Notes Edit Her name is spelled Shafak with the digraph Sh in place of the S on her books published in English including the Penguin Books edition of The Forty Rules of Love References Edit Elif Shafak Curtis Brown Retrieved 17 May 2018 a b Beard Mary 21 August 2020 How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division by Elif Shafak review a poignant look back at another age The Guardian Retrieved 28 June 2021 Small talk Elif Shafak Financial Times 18 February 2011 Archived from the original on 11 December 2022 Retrieved 18 June 2021 a b Freely Maureen 13 August 2006 Writers on Trial The New York Times Retrieved 18 December 2019 a b Flood Alison 31 May 2019 Turkey puts novelists including Elif Shafak under investigation The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved 1 June 2019 Finkel Andrew Portrait of Elif Safak Turkish Cultural Foundation Retrieved 10 December 2010 a b c d e f Rustin Susanna 6 December 2014 Elif Shafak I don t have the luxury of being apolitical the Guardian Retrieved 18 June 2021 Atayurt Fenge Zeynep The Literary Encyclopedia In Sandru Cristina ed Turkish Writing and Culture Modern and Contemporary Retrieved 13 August 2022 An analysis of Turkish modernity through discourses of masculinities Turk moderlesmesi ve erkeklik soylemleri Ulusal Tez Merkenzi 2004 Retrieved 13 August 2022 Bilgin Elif 2004 AN ANALYSIS OF TURKISH MODERNITY THROUGH DISCOURSES OF MASCULINITIE PDF Doctoral thesis Middle East Technical University Elif Shafak U Arizona Professor Acquitted of Charges In Turkey hnn us Retrieved 30 June 2021 Weidenfeld Visiting Professorship in Comparative European Literature St Anne s College Oxford Honorary Advisory and Emeritus Fellows Where to start reading Elif Shafak www penguin co uk 11 March 2021 Retrieved 18 June 2021 a b Mevlana buyuk odulleri Bilgi ve Eglence Portaliniz Porttakal porttakal com Archived from the original on 19 October 2014 a b 2000 Yili Yilin Yazar Fikir Adami ve Sanatcilari Odulu Archived from the original on 13 February 2011 Retrieved 8 March 2012 Spanning the literary globe The Independent London 4 March 2005 Archived from the original on 18 February 2015 The Bookseller 25 March 2005 Orange newsroom Orange Broadband Prize For Fiction Announces 2008 Longlist orange co uk Archived from the original on 18 February 2015 Lea Richard 24 July 2016 In Istanbul a writer awaits her day in court The Guardian Lea Richard 21 September 2006 Acquittal for Turkish novelist the Guardian Retrieved 18 June 2021 a b Adil Alev 8 July 2010 The Forty Rules of Love By Elif Shafak The Independent Retrieved 22 November 2021 Kaplan Sefa 5 July 2009 Edebiyatta rekor Ask 200 bin satti hurriyet com tr in Turkish Prix ALEF Mention Speciale Litterature Etrangere prix litteraires net The 2012 Award longlist Archived from the original on 20 July 2012 Retrieved 20 July 2012 100 most inspiring novels revealed by BBC Arts BBC News 5 November 2019 Retrieved 25 July 2021 BBC Arts The Novels That Shaped Our World Explore the list of 100 Novels That Shaped Our World BBC Retrieved 25 July 2021 Freely Maureen 20 April 2012 Honour by Elif Shafak review the Guardian Retrieved 18 June 2021 Curtis Brown website Archived from the original on 19 March 2012 Retrieved 4 March 2012 Penguin Books website Archived from the original on 7 April 2012 Retrieved 4 March 2012 Fiction Book Review Honor by Elif Shafak Publishers Weekly a b Williams John 17 December 2017 Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book Elif Shafak on Mixing Faith and Doubt The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 17 June 2021 Best books of 2017 critics picks Financial Times Archived from the original on 11 December 2022 Retrieved 4 May 2018 Elif Shafak Three Daughters of Eve with Siri Hustvedt Livestream Archived from the original on 5 May 2018 THREE DAUGHTERS OF EVE Kirkus Reviews Flood Alison 27 October 2017 Elif Shafak joins Future Library writing piece to be unveiled in 2114 The Guardian a b Atwood and Rushdie on Booker Prize shortlist BBC News 3 September 2019 Boyt Susie 22 July 2021 The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak war and figs www ft com Archived from the original on 11 December 2022 Retrieved 25 July 2021 Med Cezir Dogan Kitap Firarperest Dogan Kitap Semspare Dogan Kitap Sanma Ki Yalnizsin Dogan Kitap a b c Shafak Elif 31 July 2006 Pulled by Two Tides Time Archived from the original on 18 August 2006 Retrieved 10 December 2010 Elif Shafak The Guardian Retrieved 28 June 2021 Elif Shafak Protagonisti La Repubblica in Italian Retrieved 28 June 2021 a b Shafak Elif 10 December 2016 The Silencing of Writers in Turkey The New Yorker Shafak Elif 19 September 2017 Turkey s Future Is Moving Backward The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 28 June 2021 Elif Shafak Der Spiegel in German Retrieved 28 June 2021 Elif Shafak Author at New Statesman New Statesman Retrieved 20 November 2021 Politics of Fear or Rebellion of the Forgotten World Economic Forum Retrieved 28 June 2021 Harris Chris 17 January 2017 Is this the end for multiculturalism euronews Retrieved 28 June 2021 Core of nationalism is ugly Elif Shafak amp W Soyinka www aljazeera com Retrieved 28 June 2021 FM Player Elif Shafak Desert Island Discs podcast player fm Shafak Elif Elif Shafak TED a b c d 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak review powerful but preachy the Guardian 16 June 2019 Retrieved 20 November 2021 Shafak Elif 13 May 2010 The Essay Postcards from Istanbul BBC Radio 3 Retrieved 10 December 2010 Charles Ron 11 December 2017 Elif Shafak s new novel is so timely that it seems almost clairvoyant Washington Post Retrieved 4 May 2018 a b c Abrams Rebecca 18 June 2010 Elif Shafak Motherhood is sacred in Turkey the Guardian Retrieved 22 January 2018 a b c Turkish author Elif Shafak s cautionary tale for the West Politico 14 August 2017 Retrieved 20 November 2021 William Skidelsky 7 April 2012 Elif Shafak In Turkey men write and women read I want to see this change the Guardian a b Welle www dw com Deutsche Elif Shafak using literature as a means to defend human rights DW COM Retrieved 20 November 2021 Police officers demanded to see my books Elif Shafak on Turkey s war on free speech The Guardian 15 July 2019 Retrieved 20 November 2021 Elif Shafak on our common humanity Free Speech Debate Welle www dw com Deutsche Elif Shafak Erdogan is the most divisive politician in Turkey s modern history DW COM Retrieved 20 November 2021 Major authors express Turkey concern The Bookseller Archived from the original on 31 March 2014 Alison Flood 6 February 2014 Sochi 2014 world authors join protest against Putin the Guardian Salter Jessica Salter Jessica 14 November 2014 11527563Elif Shafak I believe I m not a good wife but I m OK with that The Telegraph Archived from the original on 16 August 2019 a b My recipe for marriage a husband who lives 1 500 miles away says writer Elif Shafak Evening Standard 29 August 2013 Kate Kellaway 2 May 2017 Elif Shafak When women are divided it is the male status quo that benefits The Guardian Retrieved 4 May 2018 Adams Tim 16 September 2019 Elif Shafak I thought the British were calm about politics Not any longer the Guardian Retrieved 20 November 2021 Elif Shafak Shafak Elif 2 February 2017 Happily married 1 500 miles apart Red Elif Safak Bugune dek biseksuel oldugumu hic soyleyemedim www hurriyet com tr 15 October 2017 Baum Caroline 17 March 2010 Breaking down the boundaries The Sydney Morning Herald Elif Shafak prix litteraires net First of three London Book Fair author spotlights announced Elif Shafak Hindustan Times 23 January 2013 Retrieved 13 August 2022 Crime d honneur laureat du Prix Relay 2013 Prix Relay des Voyageurs Lecteurs prixrelay com Archived from the original on 25 July 2015 Retrieved 28 August 2013 Les auteurs salonlivre vernon org Kerr Michael 30 April 2015 Ondaatje Prize 2015 shortlist announced Telegraph RSL Ondaatje Prize 2020 The Shortlist PDF The Royal Society of Literature 2020 Archived PDF from the original on 3 December 2021 Costa Book Awards shortlists announced Books Publishing 24 November 2021 Archived from the original on 24 November 2021 Retrieved 26 November 2021 Halldor Laxness International Literary Prize Elif Shafak 5 September 2021 Sorrow and Bliss shortlisted for 2022 Women s Prize Books Publishing 28 April 2022 Retrieved 28 April 2022 Carruthers Jo 2011 Into Connection High Profiles Retrieved 13 August 2022 GYV gyv org tr Archived from the original on 18 February 2015 Elif Safak Marka 2010 Odulu Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 via www youtube com Ad Age s Women to Watch 2014 AdAge 27 May 2014 Minter Harriet et al 20 May 2015 Asian women of achievement awards 2015 meet the winners The Guardian Global Thinkers Forum Awards for Excellence 2016 Global Thinkers Forum BBC 100 Women 2021 Who is on the list this year BBC News 7 December 2021 Retrieved 11 February 2022 Further reading EditKalpakli Fatma Amitav Ghosh ile Elif Safak in Romanlarinda Oteki lestirme Us and Them Attitude in the Works of Amitav Ghosh and Elif Safak Konya Cizgi Kitabevi 2016 ISBN 978 605 9427 28 9External links Edit nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Elif Shafak nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elif Safak Elif Shafak official site in English Elif Shafak official site in Turkish Elif Shafak at Curtis Brown Literary and Talent Agency Elif Shafak at TED nbsp Elif Shafak on Twitter Elif Shafak s Istanbul CNN International Elif Shafak Read My Country BBC Radio World Service The Strand Urdu Translations of Elif Shafak s books Jumhoori Publications Elif Shafak In Turkey men write and women read I want to see this change Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Elif Shafak amp oldid 1177914989, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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