Birgül Oğuz

Birgül Oğuz (born 1981, Istanbul) is a Turkish writer. She was born in İstanbul and studied Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at Istanbul Bilgi University. She also attended the University of Edinburgh in 2006. Currently working towards a PhD in English literature at Boğaziçi University, she also teaches literature at Moda Sahnesi and Nazım Hikmet Academy in Istanbul.

She has published two works of fiction to date: Fasulyenin Bildiği (2007) and Hah (2012). The latter won the 2014 European Union Prize for Literature.

In 2015, she participated in the International Writing Program's Fall Residency at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa.