Turkish author Yasar Kemal dead at 91
Yaser Kamal, one of Turkey's best-known novelists with worldwide readership, has died
ANKARA, Turkey: (AP) - Turkey s state-run news agency says Yasar Kemal, one of Turkey s best-known novelists with worldwide readership, has died. He was 91.
The Anadolu Agency says Kemal died Saturday at a hospital in Istanbul.
Kemal was the author of "Memed, My Hawk" a story about feudal relations in Turkey s traditional southern regions. Like most of more than 35 other novels he has written, it was widely translated.
The character of Memed was drawn in part from Kemal s memory of his mother s brother, an outlaw named Mayro "the best-known outlaw in the eastern Anatolia, Iran and Caucasus areas."
Kemal s ability to delve into human nature and bring out the universal traits in his characters has made his novels widely accessible. Nine of his novels were made into films.
