Aslı Tohumcu

Aslı Tohumcu Born in Leverkusen in 1974, Aslı Tohumcu has studied English Literature and Language. She published short stories and poetry in different literary magazines. Her first book “abis” (abyss; a collection of short stories about violence) was published in 2003. She participated in “young euro connect” in Berlin and “winternachten” (international literature festival den haag) in The Hague. Her second book “yok bana sensiz hayat” (no life without you; a novella about love and death) was published in 2006 and translated into German, Bulgarian and Albanian (Arabic is about to come). She spent almost a year in The Hague (Netherlands) as a guest author and wrote the life stories of the Turkish immigrants for a daily newspaper called AD/Haagsche Courant. The collection of these articles was published in Dutch under the title “Over Welk Turkije Heeft U Het?” (Which Turkey Are You Talking About?) in 2008. Her third book “şeytan tırmağı” (cuticle; a collection of short stories concerning violence against women) is going to be published by the end of this year by Ithaki Publishing (2009). She is married to Dt. Boğaç Akkoç and lives in Istanbul.

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