User:Financialhero13/Sezer Ates Ayvaz

Sezer Ateş Ayvaz (d. 1956, Antakya), Turkish writer, sociologist.

She was born in Antakya town of Hatay province in 1956. She studied sociology at Istanbul University.

She later received Master of Arts (1998) and Doctor of Philosophy (2003) degrees in International Relations from Istanbul University with a PhD thesis "A Shifting Paradigm in Turkish Novel: Political Novel".

She ran a short story workshop titled "A Language, Story of Fiction" with the support of PEN International.

She participated in selection committees of 2014 Selçuk Baran Story Award, 2016 Türkân Saylan Art and Science Awards and 2017 Yunus Nadi Award.

She was awarded Yunus Nadi Story Award in 2005 with her book Tamiris’in Gece Suçları (Nocturnal Crimes of Tamiris).

She has a child by her marriage with a renowned story writer Ülkü Ayvaz.

She works as an academic in Political Science and International Relations department at İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi.


 * Aynalarda Yaz (1988)
 * Yeryüzü Taksim (2000)
 * Tamiris’in Gece Suçları (2005)
 * Aynalarda Yaz (2008)
 * Küllenmiş Bir Kuşu Yakalamak (2015)

Awards

 * 1986 Abdi İpekçi Art Contest Movie Review Award (Kaşık Düşmanı)
 * 1987 Akademi Bookstore Story Success Award (Bütün Oteller İstanbul Palas)
 * 2005 Yunus Nadi Story Award (Tamiris'in Gece Kuşları)