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Yaşar Kemal
Kurdish writer and human rights activist (1923–2015).
Born October 6th, 1923 in Gökçedam.
Died February 28th, 2015 at 91 years old in Istanbul (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome).
Occupations
journalist, novelist, poet, screenwriter, short story writer, translator, writer
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