Yaşar Kemal

Kurdish writer and human rights activist (1923–2015).

Born October 6th, 1922 in Gökçedam.

Died February 28th, 2015 at 92 years old in Istanbul (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome).

Occupations
journalist, novelist, poet, screenwriter, short story writer, translator, writer
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