About Yüksel Pazarkaya
Born 1940. Yüksel Pazarkaya is a Turkish and German translator and writer.
Yüksel Pazarkaya (born 1940) is a Turkish writer.
He was born in 1940 in İzmir and studied engineering at the University of Stuttgart, before turning to study literature and philosophy. He has taught at universities in Germany (Stuttgart, Dresden), America (Princeton, Bryn Mawr, St. Louis Washington and Ohio State) and Turkey. He was the head of the daily Turkish broadcasts department of German Public Radio Association (ARD). His translations from German to Turkish and from Turkish to German have been published along with poetry, short stories, novels, theater and study books. He is the winner of the Chamisso Prize.
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Who is Yüksel Pazarkaya?
Turkish-German translator (born 1940)
When was Yüksel Pazarkaya born?
Yüksel Pazarkaya was born on 24 February 1940 in İzmir.
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Yüksel Pazarkaya is a translator and writer.
What nationality is Yüksel Pazarkaya?
Yüksel Pazarkaya is Turkish and German.
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