Nurduran Duman
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Nurduran Duman is a Turkish poet, playwright, translator, editor who lives in Istanbul. Pursuing her passion for the sea, received a degree as an Ocean Engineer and Naval Architect from Istanbul Technical University. And she’s a columnist in one of the most prestigious newspapers of Turkey, Cumhuriyet. She is a poet included in the European poetry platform, Versopolis. Her books include Yenilgi Oyunu, the 2005 Cemal Sureya Poetry Award winner, and Mi Bemol. Semi Circle, a chapbook of her poems translated into English, was published in the United States in 2016 and further English translations can be found in Asymptote, Colorado Review, Kenyon Review, Faultline, Modern Poetry in Translation (MPT) and others. Her books of Selected Poems (Versopolis, 2017, Macedonian-English-Turkish) in Macedonia, Selected Poems (Versopolis, 2019, Dutch-English-Turkish) in Belgium. Her poetry collection Steps of Istanbul (Herald Publisher Proprieraty, 2019, Chinese-English-Turkish) was published in China in November 2019, and was awarded as “The Poetry Collection of the Year of the Second Boao International Poetry Award”. She received the Golden Camel Award of 2020 Silk Road International Poetry Awards. Her poem The River was published in Modern Poetry in Translation (MPT) in 2017 in the UK.
She was featured in the #internationalwomensday2018 (#IWD18) MPT list of ten women poets in translation from all over the World. The poem act for Alexandre Hollan’s painting that she wrote upon request of the Paul Valéry Museum in France, was published in the book of museum Peinture et Poésie (Painting and Poetry). Her poems also have been translated into Finnish, Chinese, Spanish, Azerbaijan Turkish, Bulgarian, Romanian, Slovak, French, German, Occitan, Macedonian, Persian and Italian. Duman was elected as a board member of the Writers’ Syndicate of Turkey and is an active member of Turkish PEN. She presented the literature programme “Yazın Küresi – Sphere of Literature” and the children literature programme “Kitap Hazinesi – Treasure of the Book” for radio and television. She has also been involved in many theatre activities as an actress, director throughout her career, and as a playwright nowadays. Her play Before the Fly was accepted into the repertoire of Turkish State Theaters and is being staged by Bursa State Theatre. She teaches the course “Sociological Analysis in Turkish Literature” at Bahçeşehir University. She curates international literature activities on various platforms and moderates the social responsibility project Poetry Soiree in Istanbul.
à propos
Nurduran Duman est une poète, dramaturge, traductrice et éditrice turque qui vit à Istanbul. Poursuivant sa passion pour la mer, elle a obtenu un diplôme d’ingénieur océanique et d’architecte naval de l’université technique d’Istanbul. Elle est chroniqueuse dans l’un des journaux les plus prestigieux de Turquie, Cumhuriyet. Elle est incluse dans la plate-forme européenne de poésie Versopolis. Ses livres incluent Yenilgi Oyunu, lauréat du prix de poésie Cemal Sureya 2005, et Mi Bemol. Semi Circle, un chapbook traduit en anglais, a été publié aux États-Unis en 2016 ; d’autres traductions en anglais peuvent être trouvées dans Asymptote, Colorado Review, Kenyon Review, Faultline, Modern Poetry in Translation (MPT) entre autres. Ses Selected Poems ont paru chez Versopolis en Macédoine en 2017 (macédonien-anglais-turc) et en Belgique en 2019 (néerlandais-anglais-turc). Son recueil de poésie Steps of Istanbul (Herald Publisher Proprieraty, 2019, chinois-anglais-turc) a été publié en Chine en novembre 2019 et a été récompensé comme « recueil de poésie de l’année de la deuxième édition du prix international de poésie Boao ». Elle a reçu le Golden Camel Award des Silk Road International Poetry Awards 2020. Son poème The River a été publié dans Modern Poetry in Translation (MPT) en 2017 au Royaume-Uni.
Elle a figuré dans la liste #internationalwomensday2018 (#IWD18) MPT de dix poètes femmes en traduction du monde entier. . Le poème sur la peinture d’Alexandre Hollan qu’elle a écrit à la demande du musée Paul Valéry en France a été publié dans le livre du musée Painting and Poetry (Peinture et Poésie). Ses poèmes ont également été traduits en finnois, chinois, espagnol, azerbaïdjanais, turc, bulgare, roumain, slovaque, français, allemand, occitan, macédonien, persan et italien. Duman a été élue membre du conseil d’administration du Syndicat des écrivains de Turquie et est membre active du PEN turc.
Elle a présenté à la radio et à la télévision le programme de littérature « Yazın Küresi – Sphère littéraire » et le programme de littérature pour enfants « Kitap Hazinesi – Trésor du livre ». Elle a également participé à de nombreuses activités théâtrales en tant qu’actrice, et réalisatrice, se consacrant de nos jour à son activité de dramaturge. Sa pièce Before the Fly a été acceptée dans le répertoire des théâtres d’État turcs et mise en scène par le Bursa State Theatre. Elle enseigne le cours « Analyse sociologique dans la littérature turque » à l’université Bahçeşehir. Elle organise des activités littéraires internationales sur différentes plates-formes et anime le projet de responsabilité sociale Poetry Soiree à Istanbul.
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