SU, Mükerrem Kâmil

Novelist (b. 1906, Bursa – d. 23 July 1997). She graduated from İstanbul Teacher Training School for Women and worked as a primary school teacher in Burhaniye, Edremit and Balıkesir and a teacher of Turkish and literature at Ankara Gazi Institute of Education.

For a long time she worked at Balıkesir High School. She worked as a columnist at the newspaper Tasvir in Ankara.

Mükerrem Kamil, who was a popular woman novelist, attached great importance to national and ethical concerns.

WORKS:

NOVEL: Sevgim ve Istırabım (My Love and Misery, 1934), Bu Kalb Duracak (This Heart Will Stop, 1935), Dinmez Ağrı (Unending Pain, 1937), Sus Uyanmasın (Shut Up, Let Her Sleep, 1939), Istıranca Eteklerinde (On the Outskirts of Istranca, 1939), Çırpınan Sular (Struggling Waters, 1941), Ateşten Damla (Drop From a Flame, 1942), Sızı (The Ache, 1943), Bir Avuç Kül (A Handful of Ash, 1944), Gizlenen Acılar (Hidden Pains, 1944), Uyanan Hatıralar (Waking Memories, 1944), Uzaklaşan Yol (The Lengthening Road, 1944), Kaybolan Ses (Losing Sound, 1945), Büyük Rüzgâr (The Great Wind, 1945), İnandığım Allah (The God I Believed in 1946), Bir Avuç Hatıra (A Handful of Memories, 1959), İhtiras (Passion, 1948), Gençliğimin Rüzgârı (The Wind of My Youth, 1955), Özlediğim Kadın (The Woman That I Miss, 1959), Aynadaki Kız (The Girl in the Mirror, 1962), Ayrı Dünyalar (Separate Worlds, 1964).