Sevim İpek Ongun (née Erden; born 7 January 1942 in
Ankara
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) is a
Turkish novelist.
She was born to Nusret Erden, an officer in
Turkish Army
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and Fatma Aliye Erden, a literature teacher.
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/ref> After graduating from Arnavutköy American High School for Girls
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in 1961, she took courses on literary criticism in New York, United States. She began her literary career by writing for ''DoÄŸan KardeÅŸ
DoÄŸan KardeÅŸ (literally 'Brother DoÄŸan') was the name of a publishing company and a periodical for children in Turkey.
The periodical and the company were named after DoÄŸa, a 10-year-old boy studying in a school in Flims, Switzerland. He died ...
'', a children's periodical in Istanbul
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. She also served for ''Time magazine
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'' and ''Life magazine
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''. As a novelist, she wrote mainly for the juveniles. In 1991, she was awarded a "Golden Book" by the Turkish trade fair organizer TÃœYAP. In 1998, she was named as the "Most Successful Author". She is married and a mother of two. Currently she is living in Mersin
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, her husband's home city.
Novels
Her novels are the following:Novel list
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*''Bir Genç Kızın Gizli Defteri – 1'' ("Secret Diary of a Young Girl")
*''Bir Genç Kızın Gizli Defteri – 2 - Arkadaşlar Arasında'' ("Among Friends")
*''Bir Genç Kızın Gizli Defteri – 3 - Kendi Ayakları Üstünde'' ("Standing On Her Own Feet")
*''Bir Genç Kızın Gizli Defteri – 4 - Adım Adım Hayata'' ("Step by Step to Life" )
*''Bir Genç Kızın Gizli Defteri – 5 – İste Hayat'' ("That's Life")
*''Bir Genç Kızın Gizli Defteri – 6 – Şimdi Düğün Zamanı'' ("Time for a Wedding")
*''Bir Genç Kızın Gizli Defteri – 7 – Hayat Devam Ediyor'' ("Life Goes On")
*''Bir Genç Kızın Gizli Defteri – 8 – Günler Akıp Giderken'' ("As the Days Pass")
*''Bir Genç Kızın Gizli Defteri – 9 – Ya Sen Olmasaydın'' ("What If You Didn't Exist")
*''Bir Genç Kızın Gizli Defteri – 10 – Taşlar Yerine Otururken'' ("As It All Falls into Place")
*''Bir Genç Kızın Gizli Defteri – 11 – Yıllar Sonra'' ("After Years")
*''YaÅŸ On Yedi'' ("Age Seventeen")
*''Kamp Arkadaşları'' ("Camp Friends")
*''Mektup Arkadaşları'' ("Pen Pals")
*''Afacanlar Çetesi'' ("The Gang of the Little Monsters")
*''Mayanın Günlüğü – Güzel Bir Gün'' ("A Fine Day")
*''Mayanın Günlüğü – İşte Benim Ailem'' ("That's My Family")
*''Mayanın Günlüğü – Haydi Tanışalım'' ("Let's Meet")
*''Mayanın Günlüğü – Haydi Oyuna'' ("Let's Play")
*''Bir Pırıltıdır Yaşamak'' ("Life is a Glister")
*''Yarım Elma Gönül Alma'' ("Half an Apple, Conciliation")
*''Sabah Pırıltıları'' ("Morning Glister")
*''Bu Hayat Sizin'' ("Life is Yours")
*''Lütfen Beni Anla'' ("Please Understand Me")
*''Duyarlı Davranışlar Yaşama Kültürü Üzerine'' ("On the Living Culture of Sensitive Behavior")
*''Yoksa Hayat Gençken Daha mı Zor'' ("Is the Life More Difficult While Young")
References
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1942 births
Living people
Writers from Ankara
Alumni of Arnavutköy American High School for Girls
People from Mersin
Turkish women novelists