Mehmed Uzun

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mehmed Uzun
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	Jan 1, 1953(1953-01-01)
Age	71
Date Of Death	2007-10-10
Birthplace	Siverek
Country	Turkey
Birth City	Şanlıurfa
Horoscope	Capricorn

Mehmed Uzun Biography

Mehmed Uzun is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on January 1, 1953 in Siverek, Şanlıurfa, Turkey. He began to write in his native Kurdish language, even though it was banned in Turkey between 1920 and 1990. He was a prolific writer and helped to create a modern Kurdish language for literature. He was a political refugee in Sweden from 1977 to 2005. He was a prolific writer during his time in Scandinavia. He wrote a dozen Kurdish-language novels and essays. These books have made him a founding member in modern Kurdish literature in Kurmanji dialect. He returned to Istanbul, Turkey in June 2005. He was a member both of the PEN club as well as the Swedish writers association.

In the 1990s, his novels were translated into European languages. His books in Swedish include Granatappelblomning, a collection of essays and I skuggan av en karlek, a novel about a lost love. He has published Varlden i Sverige, an international anthology with Madeleine Grive. This pioneering anthology features texts written by non-Swedish writers, who live and work in Sweden. Kurmanci, the Kurdish Institute of Paris’ journal, also features his work. For his contribution to a narrative tradition, he was awarded the Torgny Segerstedt Award 2001

On May 29, 2006, it was revealed that Uzun had been diagnosed with cancer. Following treatment at the Karolinska University Hospital of Stockholm, in Sweden he returned to Diyarbakir, Turkey, where he died, aged 54.

Mehmed Uzun (1953 – October 10, 2007) was a contemporary Zaza-Kurdish writer and novelist. He was born in Siverek, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey.

He published seven novels in Kurdish. In 1985, Uzun published Tu (You), his first attempt at a modern Kurdish book. He edited the first Kurdish literature anthology. His novel, “In the Shadow of a Lost Love”, (Siya Evine), was a critical success. This story is about a Kurdish intellectual from 1920s who struggles to find love with a woman and fight for the new Turkish republic.

Mehmed Uzun Net Worth

Mehmed Uzun is one of the richest Writer from Turkey. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mehmed Uzun 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Mehmed Uzun, a Kurdish-Turkish literature specialist, was repeatedly charged in Turkey. On March 21, 1976, he was arrested as the managing editor of a Kurdish–Turkish magazine. He was charged with “separatism” in Ankara’s central jail. He tried to prove the existence and Kurdish language during his 1976 trial. According to the prosecutor, the Kurds and their language were not in existence. Anyone claiming otherwise was considered a separatist. He was sentenced for eight months. He was still at risk of being indicted for his responsibilities as editor of this magazine. After being released, he fled to Sweden in 1977. He was unable to return to Turkey because of the Turkish regulations at that time.

In 1981, the military regime decided to strip him of his nationality. With the help of grants from Sweden, he resumed his linguistic search in Stockholm. He visited an Iraqi Kurdish leader, spent evenings in a tent, and listened to Kurdish storytellers and poets, while trying to collect vocabulary. To read the classic Kurdish poetry of the 16th and 17th century, he learned Arabic script. Later, he found rare copies of a 1920s Kurdish magazine. Two of his novels are based on the tragic adventures of these pioneers. They, like all his fiction, describe the struggles of Kurds throughout the ages. A group of intellectuals he headed paid for Kurds’ flights to Europe to teach them obscure vocabulary.

When after many years of living in exile, he went back to Turkey to give a speech about Kurdish literature, seven of his books, six in Kurdish and one in Turkish, were suppressed by Judgment no. 2000/39 of the Fourth Court for State Security of Diyarbakır, dated February 4, 2000.

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Mehmed Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Turkey. Mehmed Uzun celebrates birthday on January 1 of every year.