The 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai, announced today by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm.
On September 30, an event in Ayvalık will explore the Paris–Istanbul connection and the theme of women’s liberation in the works of the recently deceased author Pınar Kür.
Virginia Woolf’s modernist masterpiece Mrs. Dalloway celebrates its centenary in 2025. Yet the roots of the novel lie in an earlier story: Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street.
The title, cover, and release date of Zülfü Livaneli’s upcoming novel from Can Yayınları have been announced. Wait for Me (Bekle Beni) will be available in bookstores starting September 23.
Adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s award-winning novel, Hamnet brings Shakespeare’s family tragedy and its echoes in Hamlet to the screen through Chloé Zhao’s lens. Starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, the film captures the silence created by loss and the solace found in
With A Distant Country: The Rebellion of Letters, Selçuk Demirel and Lyliane Adra depict an imaginary country where books are banned, words are considered crimes, and memory is systematically erased, reflecting the invisible mechanisms of censorship and societal silence present in our
Starting in 2026, the Cité Internationale des Arts in central Paris will host not only visual artists and musicians but also writers on three-month fellowships as part of the Turkey Workshop run by İKSV.
“The Literary Map of Istanbul” is a unique journey that reveals the city's literary memory layer by layer by following in the footsteps of writers. Inspired by literary guides in Paris, Bahriye Çeri brings Istanbul's forgotten streets, ruined mansions, and silent gardens
We followed these silent citizens with Marcel Heijnen, wandering through the streets of Istanbul.
Kür inspired generations through both her academic and literary work, leaving behind a legacy woven with courage.
The jury stated that the novel “powerfully conveys the invisible wounds, repressed desires, and silent collapse that women carry throughout their lives, through the seemingly ordinary setting of a home, a marriage, and a woman’s inner voice.
Nobel Prize in Literature winner Annie Ernaux made a powerful statement about the situation in Gaza on June 4, 2025, on the French television program “La Grande Librairie” in the segment “Droit dans les yeux.” Describing the violence in Gaza as genocide,