A Mind at Peace, translated into English 60 years after its original publication.
On his recent visit to Turkey, President Barack Obama was presented with an English translation of A Mind At Peace, during a meeting with Deniz Baykal, the leader of Turkey’s opposition Republican People’s Party, in Ankara, Turkey, on Monday.
Erdağ Göknar’s translation of Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar’s 1949 novel, published by Archipelago books in (…)
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When: Monday, March 23, 2009 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Where: John Hope Franklin Center 240
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The cover of ‘A Mind at Peace’
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar’s A Mind at Peace, originally published in 1949, has been described as “a magnum opus, a Turkish Ulysses, and a lyrical homage to Istanbul,” but until now, it has only been enjoyed by those with a command of Turkish.
With the support of the Duke University Center for International Studies, Erdağ Göknar, Assistant (…)
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