The Sedat Simavi Literature Prize is a

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presented annually. It was established in 1977 by Sedat Simavi Foundation, in memory of author and journalist,

Sedat Simavi Sedat Simavi (1896 – 11 December 1953) was a Turkish journalist, writer and film director. He established many newspapers and magazines. Biography Simavi was born in 1896. His grandfather and uncles served in different positions in the off ...

. The prize is given also in nine different areas in sport, TV, radio, reporting, healthy, science, social sciences and visual arts.

Award winners

*2021

Orhan Pamuk Ferit Orhan Pamuk (born 7 June 1952) is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic, and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. One of Turkey's most prominent novelists, his work has sold over thirteen million books in sixty-three lang ...

*2020

Beşir Ayvazoğlu Beşir Ayvazoğlu (born 11 February 1953) is a Turkish lyricist. Ayvazoğlu graduated from the Bursa Institute of Education ( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Prusa, ota, بورسه, Arabic:بورصة) is a city in northwestern T ...

*2019 Hidayet Sayın *2018

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*2017 Cevat Çapan *2016 Haluk Oral *2015

Nilüfer Kuyaş Nilüfer is the Turkish word for "water lily", from Persian ''nilufar'' (نیلوفر), which is ultimately derived from the Sanskrit word for the blue lotus, ''nīlotpala'' (नीलोत्पल). It is a popular feminine given name in Tur ...

*2014 Murat Gülsoy *2013

Hasan Ali Toptaş Hasan Ali Toptaş (born 15 October 1958) is a prominent Turkish novelist and short story writer. His first short story book ''Bir Gülüşün Kimliği'' (The Identity of A Laugh) was published in 1987. An important Turkish scholar, Yıldız Ecevi ...

*2012 Ahmet Cemal *2011

Burhan Sönmez Burhan Sönmez is a Kurdish prize-winning novelist from Turkey. He is the President of PEN International, elected at the Centennial Congress in 2021. Sönmez is the author of five novels. His first novel, ''North'' (Kuzey), was published in 200 ...

*2010

Adnan Binyazar Adnan ( ar, عدنان, 'adnān) is the traditional ancestor of the Adnanite Arabs of Northern, Western, Eastern and Central Arabia, as opposed to the Qahtanite Arabs of Southern Arabia who descend from Qahtan. His ancestry can be traced back t ...

*2009

Cemil Kavukçu Cemil is a Turkish given name and is derived from Arabic Jamil with other Arabic variants Gamil (mainly in Egypt), Djemil (mainly in North African countries) and Djamil. The feminine equivalent is Cemile (derived from Arabic Jamila and its Arabic v ...

*2008

Arif Damar Arif or Aref may refer to: *Arif, a local name for the Rif mountains in northern Morocco *Arif (given name) *Arif (surname) *‘arif, a concept in Sufism, see Ma'rifa *Arif gang {{Disambig ...

*2007

Ahmet Oktay Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...

*2006

Tarık Dursun K. Tariq ( ar, طارق) is an Arabic word and given name. Etymology The word is derived from the Arabic verb , ('), meaning "to strike", and into the agentive conjugated doer form , ('), meaning "striker". It became popular as a name after Tari ...

*2005

Latife Tekin Latife Tekin (born 1957) is one of the most influential Turkish female authors. Biography She was born in 1957 in the village of Karacahevenk, in the Bünyan district of Kayseri. She came to Istanbul with her family in 1966 when she was 9 yea ...

*2004

Demir Özlü Demir means ''iron'' in Turkish; it may refer to: Given name *Demir Demirkan, Turkish rock musician and songwriter *Demir Demirev, Bulgarian weightlifter *Demir Elmaağaçlı (born 1990), Turkish archer *Demir Hotić, Bosnia and Herzegovina footbal ...

*2003

Selim İleri Salim, Saleem or Selim may refer to: People *Salim (name), or Saleem or Salem or Selim, a name of Arabic origin *Salim (poet) (1800–1866) *Saleem (playwright) (fl. 1996) *Selim I, Selim II and Selim III, Ottoman Sultans *Selim people, an ethn ...

*2002

Tomris Uyar Tomris Uyar (15 March 1941 – 4 July 2003) was a Turkish writer and translator. She was born in Istanbul, the daughter of two lawyers and granddaughter of Republican People's Party politician Süleyman Sırrı Gedik. She was educated at the B ...

*2001

Erdal Öz Erdal may refer to: Given name * Erdal Akdarı, Turkish footballer * Erdal Arıkan, Turkish professor in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department at Bilkent University * Erdal Beşikçioğlu, Turkish actor * Erdal Bibo, Turkish professio ...

*2000

Jale Parla Jale may refer to: * Jale (name), a given name and surname * Jale (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Bihar, India * Jale (band), a Canadian alternative rock band. * a fictional color from the 1920 novel ''A Voyage to Arcturus'' by David Lindsay See also ...

*1999 Tahsin Yücel *1998 *1997

Fakir Baykurt Fakir Baykurt or born Tahir Baykurt (15 June 1929 – 11 October 1999) was a Turkish author and trade unionist. Early life Fakir Baykurt was born Tahir on 15 June 1929, son of Elif and Veli Baykurt, in Akçaköy which is a district of Burdur ...

, Feyza Hepçilingirler *1996

Orhan Duru Orhan Ghazi ( ota, اورخان غازی; tr, Orhan Gazi, also spelled Orkhan, 1281 – March 1362) was the second bey of the Ottoman Beylik from 1323/4 to 1362. He was born in Söğüt, as the son of Osman I. In the early stages of his ...

*1995 Nermi Uygur, Minâ Urgan *1994

Bilge Karasu Bilge Karasu (9 January 1930 – 13 July 1995), was a Turkish short story writer and novelist. Biography Bilge Karasu was born in 1930, in Istanbul. Bilge Karasu's parents, who later converted to Islam, were of Jewish origin, although he does ...

*1993

Oktay Akbal Oktay is a Turkish masculine given name. It is also used as a surname. Notable people with the name are as follows: First name *Oktay Afandiyev (1926–2013), Azerbaijani historian *Oktay Delibalta (born 1985), Turkish football player * Oktay Dere ...

, Vüs'at O. Bener *1992

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Gülten Akın Gülten Akın (23 January 1933 – 4 November 2015) was a Turkish poet. Her poetry is considered to be culturally significant to Turkey. Akin was born in 1933 in Yozgat, Turkey. She attended Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School and gradu ...

*1991 Cevdet Kudret,

Fethi Naci Fethi is the Turkish spelling of the Arabic name Fathi ( Arabic: فَتْحِي ''fat·ḥiy/ fat·ḥī/ fat·ḥy'') which means "victorious, triumphant". It may refer to: * Fethi Benslama (born 1961), Paris-based Tunisian psychoanalyst * Fethi ...

*1990 Sabahattin Kudret Aksal *1989

Vedat Günyol Vedat is a masculine given name meaning "friendship, love". It is commonly used in Turkey, and less commonly in Albania, North Macedonia and Kosovo. The name has one variant, "Vedad", a very common given name in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name an ...

*1988

İlhan Berk İlhan Berk (18 November 1918 – 28 August 2008) was a leading Turkish poet. He was a dominant figure in the postmodern current in Turkish poetry (termed, "İkinci Yeni"; ''"The second new generation"'') and was very influential among Turkish l ...

Ferit Edgü Ferit is a Turkish spelling of the Arabic masculine given name Farid (Arabic: فَرِيد ''fariyd'', ''farīd'') meaning "unique, singular ("the One"), incomparable". The name is also found in Albania and Macedonia. People named Ferit include: ...

*1987

Hilmi Yavuz Hilmi ( ar, حلمي) is a masculine Arabic given name, it may refer to: *Hilmi Esat Bayındırlı (born 1962), Turkish*American para-skier * Hilmi Güler (born 1946), Turkish politician and metallurgical engineer *Hilmi İşgüzar (born 1929), Tu ...

*1986 Salâh Birsel *1985

Yaşar Kemal Yaşar Kemal (born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli; 6 October 1923 – 28 February 2015) was a Turkish writer and human rights activist and one of Turkey's leading writers. He received 38 awards during his lifetime and had been a candidate for the Nobel ...

*1984

Turgut Uyar Turgut Uyar (August 4, 1927 – August 22, 1985) was a Turkish poet. Life Turgut Uyar was born in Ankara on 4 August 1927 as the fifth of the six children of Fatma Hanım and Hayri Bey. His father served as a squadron leader in the army a ...

*1983

Pertev Naili Boratav Pertev Naili Boratav, born Mustafa Pertev (September 2, 1907 – March 16, 1998) was a Turkish folklorist and researcher of folk literature. He has been characterized as 'the founding father of Turkish folkloristics during the Republic'.Arzu Öztür ...

Haldun Taner Haldun Taner (March 16, 1915 – May 7, 1986) was a well-known Turkish playwright and short story writer. Biography He was born on March 16, 1915 in Istanbul. After graduating from the Galatasaray High School in 1935, he studied politics and ec ...

*1982 No awarded *1981

Edip Cansever Edip Cansever (pronounced ; August 8, 1928 – May 28, 1986) was a Turkish poet. Biography Born in Istanbul, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of ...

*1980

Oktay Rifat Oktay is a Turkish masculine given name. It is also used as a surname. Notable people with the name are as follows: First name *Oktay Afandiyev (1926–2013), Azerbaijani historian * Oktay Delibalta (born 1985), Turkish football player * Oktay Der ...

*1979

Adalet Ağaoğlu Adalet Ağaoğlu (née Sümer; 23 October 1929 – 14 July 2020) was a Turkish novelist and playwright, considered one of the foremost novelists of 20th-century Turkish literature. She also wrote essays, memoirs, and short stories. Life Sh ...

*1978

Melih Cevdet Anday Melih Cevdet Anday (13 March 1915 – 28 November 2002) was a Turkish writer whose poetry stands outside the traditional literary movements. He also wrote in many other genres which, over six and a half decades, included eleven collections of p ...

*1977

Peride Celal Peride Celal Yönsel (June 10, 1916 – June 15, 2013), commonly known as Peride Celal or Peride Celâl, was a Turkish novelist and story writer. Her work has won major awards such as the Sedat Simavi Literature Award in 1977, and the Orhan Kemal ...

Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca (26 August 1914, Istanbul – 15 October 2008, Istanbul) was one of the most prolific Turkish poets of the Turkish Republic with more than 60 collections of his poems published as of 2007. He was a laureate of the St ...

References

External links

*{{Official, http://tgc.org.tr/simavi.html Turkish literary awards Awards established in 1977 Turkish awards