Contributor

Suat Karantay

Contributor

Suat Karantay

Suat Karantay is a Professor of Translation Studies at Boõaziçi University in Istanbul. He is the Secretary General of the Turkish PEN Center, and the author of numerous articles on translation theory and criticism, as well as on drama and American literature, and many translations of Turkish poetry. He is the editor of Short Dramas from Contemporary Turkish Literature, and directs the Contemporary Turkish Literature website.

Articles by Suat Karantay

Fragments from “Real Life for the Last Scene of a Movie”

By Sebnem Isiguzel

“Nothing can be more important than love.” –Gidon KremerI. Out of necessityWe had to walk. This necessity made me happy. I hadn’t been this happy for a long while, I thought. It’s…

Translated from Turkish by Suat Karantay

Women

By Bejan Matur

With their blue tattoosAnd bruises from endless mourningsThey stand still looking at the fireThey all shiver when the wind blowsTheir breasts bend to the earthCarrying burning wood in their handsOld as…

Translated from Turkish by Suat Karantay

Outdated Browser

Suat Karantay

Suat Karantay

Articles by Suat Karantay

Fragments from “Real Life for the Last Scene of a Movie”

Women