Pınar Kür

Havva Pınar Kür (15 April 1943 – 15 July 2025) was a Turkish novelist, dramatist, and translator. She worked as an academician in the media and communication systems department at Istanbul Bilgi University. Pınar Kür was the daughter of İsmet Kür (1916–2013), who was an educator, journalist, columnist and writer of mainly children's literature. Her maternal aunt Halide Nusret Zorlutuna (1901–1984) was a poet. Kür was considered a leading Turkish novelist.

Life and career Pınar Kür was born in Bursa on 15 April 1943. Kür was the daughter of İsmet Kür (1916–2013), who was an educator, journalist, columnist and writer of mainly children's literature, and Azerbaijani Behram Kür, a French and mathematics teacher. Her maternal aunt Halide Nusret Zorlutuna (1901–1984) was a poet. In 1969 Kür earned a doctorate at the Sorbonne University in Paris, with a thesis on “Reality and Illusion in Twentieth Century Theatre”. Kür was considered a leading Turkish novelist.

Kür published her first stories in the magazine Dost in 1971, and then published stories widely in newspapers and magazines such as Cumhuriyet, Yazko-Edebiyat, Hürriyet Gösteri, and Milliyet Sanat Magazine. She died on 15 July 2025, at the age of 82. She had been ailing for some time and had been receiving hospital treatment in Istanbul. On 17 July 2025, after the funeral ceremony at the Teşvikiye Mosque, she was interred at the Ayazağa Cemetery in Istanbul.

Works

Yarın Yarın (1976) Küçük Oyuncu (1977) Asılacak Kadın (1979) Akışı Olmayan Sular (1983) Bitmeyen Aşk (1986) Bir Cinayet Romanı (1989) Sonuncu Sonbahar (1992) Bir Deli Ağaç (1992) Hayalet Hikâyeleri (2004)

Translations

Theo'ya Mektuplar / Vincent van Gogh (Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 1996) Vişnenin Cinsiyeti - Jeanette Wİnterson - (Sexing the Cherry) Bağla Şu İşi Aç Sınıfın Laneti Ademden Önce - Jack London Tutku - Jeanette Winterson ( The Passion) Yabancı Kucak - Ian McEwan (The Comfort of Strangers) Geniş Geniş Bir Deniz - Jean Rhys - (Wide Sargasso Sea) Dalda Duran Kuşlar - Jean Rhys - (Öykülerinden seçmeler) Günaydın Geceyarısı - Jean Rhys - Goodmorning Midnight Karanlıkta Yolculuk - Jean Rhys - (Voyage in the Dark) Dörtlü - Jean Rhys - (Quartet) Karamlıkta Kahkaha - Vladimir Nabokov - (Laughter in the Dark) Şaklaban - Morris West Ailenin Laneti - Dashiel Hammet Yunus İnsanlar - Tırsten Krol Doğmamış Çocuğa Mektup Durulmayan Bir Kafa - Kay Redfield Jamison