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Oğuz Atay

Oğuz Atay (12 October 1934 – 13 December 1977) was a Turkish novelist. His first novel, ('The Disconnected'), appeared in 1971–72. Never reprinted in his lifetime and controversial among critics, it has become a best-seller since a new edition came out in 1984. It has been described as "probably the most eminent novel of twentieth-century Turkish literature": this reference is due to a UNESCO survey, which goes on: "it poses an earnest challenge to even the most skilled translator with its kaleidoscope of colloquialisms and sheer size."

In fact, four translations have so far been published: into Dutch, as , translated by Hanneke van der Heijden and Margreet Dorleijn (Athenaeum-Polak & v Gennep, 2011); into German, as , translated by Johannes Neuner (Binooki, 2016); into English, as 'The Disconnected', translated by Sevin Seydi (Olric Press, 2017: ): an excerpt from this won the Dryden Translation Prize in 2008 (Comparative Critical Studies, vol. V (2008) 99); into Greek, as , translated from Turkish by Νίκη Σταυρίδη, poetry sections by Δημήτρης Μαύρος, Gutenberg Editio Minor 34, 2022. . Provided by Wikipedia