Ayşegül Savaş
Ayşegül Savaş is a Turkish writer who writes in English.
She was raised in Turkey and Denmark, then attended Middlebury College in Vermont. She graduated in 2007. She received a MFA at the University of San Francisco.[1]
Among authors who have influenced her, she names Patrick Modiano, and Enrique Vila-Matas.[2]
Novels
Her first novel was Walking on the Ceiling (2019), published by Riverhead Books. A reviewer in Booklist called it "deceptively simple and subtly profound."[3] The second, published by the same publishing house, is titled White on White (2021). Anthony Cummins of The Guardian reviewed it favorably, noting that the writing style in the book is like austere painting.[4] Her third novel, The Anthropologists (2024), was published by Bloomsbury, and was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award. It was one of Barack Obama's favorite books of 2024, a New York Times editor's choice, one of the best books of the year by the New Yorker, TIME Magazine, Publisher's Weekly, and #1 book of 2024 according to Vulture (New York magazine).
Short fiction and essays
She has published short stories and essays in publications that include The New Yorker, The Paris Review,[5] The Yale Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, Literary Hub, Granta, and The Dublin Review[6] among others.
Non-fiction
In 2024, Savaş published a non-fiction work, titled The Wilderness about the first 40 days of the postpartum and the mythology surrounding this period.
Bibliography
- Savas, Aysegül (2019). Walking on the Ceiling. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-525-53741-0. [7]
- Savas, Aysegül (2022-11-29). White on White. New York: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-593-33052-4.[8]
- Savas, Aysegül (2024-07-09). The Anthropologists. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-63973-306-4. [9][10]
- Savas, Aysegül (2024). The Wilderness. Transit Books USA. ISBN 979-8893389098[11]
References
- ^ "AYSEGÜL SAVAS". Lit Hub. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
- ^ Seçkin, Mina (May 2019). "An Interview with Ayşegül Savaş". Apogee. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
- ^ Sexton, Kathy (March 1, 2019). "Walking on the Ceiling (book review)". The Booklist. Vol. 115, no. 13. Chicago. p. 25.
- ^ Cummins, Anthony (January 25, 2022). "White on White by Ayşegül Savaş review – storytelling at a chilly remove". The Guardian. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
- ^ "Aysegul Savas". The Paris Review. 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ^ "Writings". Author's homepage. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- ^ Lyall, Sarah (2019-04-23). "With Sensuality and Coolness, a Debut Novel Considers the (Partial) Truths We Tell About Ourselves". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ^ Cummins, Anthony (2022-01-25). "White on White by Ayşegül Savaş review – storytelling at a chilly remove". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ^ Goyal, Sana (2024-08-07). "The Anthropologists by Ayşegül Savaş review – everyday grace". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ^ Franklin, MJ (2024-07-09). "Book Review: 'The Anthropologists,' by Aysegul Savas". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ^ "Transit Books — The Wilderness". Transit Books. Retrieved 2024-12-22.