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Deniz Perin

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Deniz Perin

Deniz Perin is a Turkish-American writer and translator living in San Diego, California. She is working on a collection of poems about Turkey--its landscapes, people, and politics--and has recently completed the translation of Ece Temelkuran's Book of the Edge.

Articles by Deniz Perin

The Prisoner

By Asli Erdogan

She woke up long before the alarm.

Translated from Turkish by Deniz Perin

Offering II

By Ece Temelkuran

You are water. / You are afraid of and for the stones you will strike as you flow.

Translated from Turkish by Deniz Perin

House of the Edge

By Ece Temelkuran

Purify your tongue and all you’ve seen / Gather your illuminated words onto snow white paper

Translated from Turkish by Deniz Perin

Seven Aches

By Ece Temelkuran

After grasping the games and their rules / The fatigue of participation becomes less and less bearable.

Translated from Turkish by Deniz Perin