Sevin Okyay (

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, 1942) is a Turkish literary critic,

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalis ...

, author, regular columnist and a prolific translator. Sevin had been a radio host and a teacher as well.

Biography

She is a graduate of the Arnavutköy American Girl's (High) School. During her youth she worked with Yıldız Moran, the first formally educated female photographer in Turkey. Okyay is best known for translating the Harry Potter books, and for her positive and appreciative criticism in ''Radikal'', a Turkish newspaper. Her son, Kutlukhan Kutlu, is also following his mother's footsteps and is accompanying her in translating the Harry Potter series. Okyay has been translating since 1963. She started working as a journalist in 1976. She writes mainly about cinema, literature, jazz and sports. She is hailed as a milestone of modern translation in Turkey. She used to have two cats who were twins, named after the

Weasley twins Fred and George Weasley are fictional characters in the '' Harry Potter'' book series written by J. K. Rowling. The characters are the identical twin brothers of the Weasley family, making them the older brothers to Ron and Ginny and friends ...

. A serious jazz aficionado, she was the host of a radio show in Turkey, and her playlist included mainly jazz standards.

Selected bibliography

* ''Ilk Romanim'' (''My First Novel'') novel, 1996 * ''120 Filmde Seyriâlem'' (''A Cinema Tour in 120 Films'') selected movie critiques, 1996 * ''Çiçek Dürbünü'' (''Kaleidoscope'') collected essays, 1998

Selected translations

* Tales of the Early World, by

Ted Hughes Edward James "Ted" Hughes (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) was an English poet, translator, and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation and one of the twentieth century's greatest wri ...

''Ilk Dünya Hikayeleri'' YKY, 1999, * Delights of Turkey, by Edouard Roditi ''Türkiye Tatlari'', YKY, 1999, * Raise High the Roof-Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction, by

J.D. Salinger Jerome David Salinger (; January 1, 1919 January 27, 2010) was an American author best known for his 1951 novel ''The Catcher in the Rye''. Salinger got his start in 1940, before serving in World War II, by publishing several short stories in ''S ...

''Yükseltin Tavan Kirisini, Ustalar ve Seymour - bir Giris'', with Coskun Yerli, YKY, 1999, *

Animal Farm ''Animal Farm'' is a beast fable, in the form of satirical allegorical novella, by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. It tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to c ...

, by George Orwell ''Hayvanlar Çiftliği'', YKY 2000 *

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the second novel in the ''Harry Potter'' series. The plot follows Harry's second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, d ...

, by

J.K. Rowling Joanne Rowling ( "rolling"; born 31 July 1965), also known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She wrote ''Harry Potter'', a seven-volume children's fantasy series published from 1997 to 2007. The ser ...

''Harry Potter ve Sirlar Odasi'', YKY 2001, *

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and is the third in the '' Harry Potter'' series. The book follows Harry Potter, a young wizard, in his third year at Hogwarts School of ...

, by

''Harry Potter ve Azkaban Tutsagi'', with K. Kutlu, YKY 2001, * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by

''Harry Potter ve Ates Kadehi'', with K. Kutlu, YKY 2001, * Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them?, by

''Fantastik Canavlar Nelerdir, Nerelerde Bulunurlar?'', with Gül Sarioglu, YKY 2002, * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by

''Harry Potter ve Zümrüdüanka Yoldasligi'', with K. Kutlu, YKY 2003, *

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the sixth and penultimate novel in the ''Harry Potter'' series. Set during Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts, the novel explores t ...

, by

''Harry Potter ve Melez Prens'', with K. Kutlu, YKY 2005,

External links

A collection of her critiques (in Turkish)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Okyay, Sevin 1942 births Living people Turkish translators Translators from English Translators to Turkish Harry Potter in translation Writers from Istanbul Turkish women writers