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Yusuf Atılgan / Anayurt Oteli (The Homeland Hotel)
Yusuf Atılgan (27 June 1921, Manisa - 9 October 1989, İstanbul) was a Turkish novelist and dramatist, who is best known for his novels Aylak Adam (The Loiterer) and Anayurt Oteli (Motherland Hotel).
Atılgan finished middle school in Manisa, then high school in Balıkesir. He graduated in Turkish language and literature from İstanbul University. He finished his thesis titled Tokatlı Kani: Sanat, şahsiyet ve psikoloji under the eye of Nihat Tarlan. Atılgan then began teaching literature at Maltepe Askeri Lisesi in Akşehir. In 1946, he settled down at a village named Hacırahmanlı near Manisa where he took up writing. His novel Aylak Adam was published in 1959 which dealt with psychological themes such as loneliness and obsession. This was followed in 1973 by Anayurt Oteli. In 1976, he began working in İstanbul as an editor and translator. With his wife Serpil he had a son in 1979 named Mehmet.
Atılgan died of a heart attack in 1989 while in the middle of writing a novel titled Canistan
(From Wikipedia)
"Ne ölü, ne sağ" bir yaşamın kahramanı Zebercet.
Zebercet the hero of a life which is neither dead nor alive.
Gözünü ilk açtığı ve yaşadığı Anayurt Oteli´yle aynı kaderi paylaşıyor:
He has shared same faith with The Homeland Hotel which he has first opened his eyes and has lived in it.
Birbirine benzeyen geçici ilişkilerle geçen günler, yalnız ve tek başına sürüklenen bir hayat.
The days passing with similar temporary relations, a life which has been dragged isolated and alone.
Gecikmeli Ankara treniyle gelen - adını bile bilmediğimiz- kadın, otelde bir gece kalır ve Zebercet´in de, Anayurt Oteli´nin de sessiz akıp giden günlerinin içeriği değişir.
The women - even we don´t know her name- who had come with an delayed train,stayed in the hotel for one night and then the content of the days of Zebercet and The Homeland Hotel which passing silently has changed.
Küçük ayrıntıların tekdüze şaşmazlığında neredeyse takıntılarla sürüklenen bir yaşamın öfkesi de, çaresizliği de büyük oluyor.
In the infallibility of the small details, the anger and the despair of a life which has been almost dragged with obsessions becomes great.
Türk edebiyatının unutulmaz bir tipi ve unutulmaz bir mekanı.
An unforgettable character and a unforgattable place of Turkish Literature.
(from back cover)
(corrections needed)
Edited (4/12/2010) by gokuyum
Edited (4/12/2010) by gokuyum
Edited (4/12/2010) by gokuyum
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