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Elif Shafak

Date de naissance: 25. octobre 1971

Elif Şafak, ou Elif Shafak, née le 25 octobre 1971 à Strasbourg de parents turcs, est une écrivaine turque. Femme écrivain primée et best-seller en Turquie, Şafak écrit ses romans aussi bien en turc qu'en anglais. La critique note qu’elle mêle en permanence avec talent les traditions romanesques occidentale et orientale, donnant naissance à une œuvre à la fois « locale » et universelle. Féministe engagée, cosmopolite, humaniste et profondément imprégnée par le soufisme et la culture ottomane, Şafak défie ainsi par son écriture toute forme de bigoterie et de xénophobie.

Photo: Zeynel Abidin, Dogan Kitap/Turkey- owns the rights / CC BY-SA 4.0

Citations Elif Shafak

„L'amour est un filtre qui rapproche ce qui est lointain et rend possible l'impossible. Un philtre qui, en une seule prise, nous fait adorer ce que nous avons abhorré, nous rappelle une par une nos bravades et nous fait ravaler nos grandes théories, qui nous ébranle dès qu'il nous saisit au poignet et ne lâche plus prise dès lors qu'il nous tient.“

— Elif Shafak

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„It is because of identity politics – we are, sadly, becoming more tribal. The expectation seems to be that a writer from each tribe must tell the story of that tribe. I’m Turkish but also many other things. For me, imagination is a desire to transcend boundaries. When we write, we can be multiple.“

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On being expected to just write stories about sad Muslims in “Elif Shafak: ‘When women are divided it is the male status quo that benefits’” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/05/elif-shafak-turkey-three-daughters-of-eve-interview in The Guardian (2017 Feb 5)

„I have met lots of women who have grown up in Turkey who cannot bring themselves to swear in Turkish. But in English they use the F-word all the time. Writing is like that for me.“

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On comparing writing to the freedoms that Turkish women have found in another language in “Elif Shafak: ‘I thought the British were calm about politics. Not any longer’” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/16/elif-shalak-i-thought-the-british-were-calm-about-politics-booker-prize-shortlist in The Guardian (2019 Sep 16)

„I learned to pay attention to the readers and not to the madness…Because to be a writer in Turkey is a bit like being kissed on one cheek and slapped on the other.“

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— Elif Shafak

On focusing on her readership in “Elif Shafak: ‘I thought the British were calm about politics. Not any longer’” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/16/elif-shalak-i-thought-the-british-were-calm-about-politics-booker-prize-shortlist in The Guardian (2019 Sep 16)

„Many women are asking: why do some women choose to cover their heads? We have to understand this and other questions. This is one of the biggest challenges for feminism today. What is worrying is that when women are divided into categories it is the status quo – the patriarchy – that benefits.…“

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— Elif Shafak

On having a female character wear a veil out of protest in “Elif Shafak: ‘When women are divided it is the male status quo that benefits’” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/05/elif-shafak-turkey-three-daughters-of-eve-interview in The Guardian (2017 Feb 5)