“I turned off all the lights.
Undressed quickly. I prepared
the bed in the corner. Went
under the covers bare-naked;
I laid down to die.”
Lying Down To Die
FOREIGN RIGHTS CATALOGUE - ONK AGENCY
Adalet
AĞAOĞLU
Adalet Ağaoğlu was an award-winning
author,
playwright,
and
human
rights
activist. She was considered one of the most
important authors in Turkey and a revered
intellectual. Her tightly constructed prose
strikes a balance between the realistic milieu
of Turkey which she knew firsthand and the
broader economic and social forces. Her
work received the Presidential Cultural and
Arts Grand Award in 1995. Ağaoğlu received
a Ph.D. of Humane Letters from Ohio State
University in 1988 and an Honorary Ph.D.
from Eskişehir Anadolu University in 1998.
Ağaoğlu passed away on July 14, 2020, at
the age of 90. She was a prolific writer and
activist who left a lasting legacy on Turkish
literature and culture.