Pelin Özer
Pelin Özer was born in 1972. She graduated from the Galatasaray High School and then studied journalism at the Istanbul University. She worked at several media companies and publishing houses. Since 2003 she has been a freelance writer. She is the author of two books. Latife Tekin Kitabı(Interview, Everest Publications) was published in 2005 and Cam Kulübeler (Haikus, Roll), which is a collection of her selected haikus, was published in 2007. Her writing has developed as a fusion of poetry, travel writing, essays and critical reviews that have been published in magazines such as Express, İz, Chronicle, Sanat Dünyamız, kitap-lık, Akatalpa, Sözcükler, Cumartesi, Bireylikler. She is the winner of the Special Prize of the Boğaziçi Book Fair Haiku Competition.
News
Word Express writer Ognjen Spahić from Montenegro will be visiting London for events with his UK publisher, Istros Books, from the 15th - 18th of May. See the Istros Books website for more details.
This year's Prague Book Fair - Svet Knihy - is focusing on literature the Black Sea region. Word Express writers Ivan Hristov (Bulgaria), Zaza Koshkadze (Georgia) and Pelin Özer (Turkey) will talk about their Balkan literary journey and read their work at the gala evening. Go to the Literature Across Frontiers website for more details.
Word Express interviews Georgian poet Zaza Koshkadze, and talks to Owen Martell and Milan Dobricic about translating and publishing Owen's novel into Serbian after meeting on the Word Express journey. All on the Travel Blog.