Author • Turkish literature

Necati Tosuner

He was born in Ankara in 1944. After living in Germany for 2 years, he returned to Turkey, founded and directed Derinlik Publishing House. After 1983, he worked as a copywriter in advertising agencies. He received the 1971 TRT Story Achievement Award for his story “İki Gün”, the 1978 TDK Novel Award for Sancı… Sancı…, the 1997 Haldun Taner Story Award for “Armağan”, the 1999 Sait Faik Story Award for Güneş Giderken, the 2006 Ömer Asım Aksoy Essay Award for Elde Kitap, the 2008 Attilâ İlhan Award for Kasırganın Gözü and the 2014 Ebubekir Hazım Tepeyran Novel Award for Susmak Nasıl da Yoruyor İnsanı. “Keleş Osman’ın Maceraları” (1997), which was previously published as two separate books, were collected in a single book titled Bonny Osman (Keleş Osman, 2008) in the “Bridge Books” collection of Günışığı Kitaplığı. His children’s novel What’s Bothering Arda? (Arda’nın Derdi Ne?, 2011), which received the 2011 Special Jury Prize of Türkân Saylan Art and Science Awards, and Hold on Petek (Dur Bakalım Petek, 2012) were followed by his children’s stories My Uncle Became a Balloon… (Dayım Balon Olmuş…, 2013) originally published in 1977. After his children’s novel Name of the Book (Kitabın Adı, 2015), he wrote the short story collection Çırpınışlar (2016), followed by another collection for children: Some Love Summer, Some Winter (Yaz Sevenler, Kış Sevenler, 2019). His novel Sen ve Kendin (2020), which pushed the boundaries of the form, was followed by his short story book Salgında Öyküler (2022), written after the global pandemic. Celebrated for his poetic simplicity and masterful use of Turkish in the short story genre, Tosuner was given the Honor Award at the 7th Antalya Literature Days in 2022, the Lifetime Contribution Award from Kitap magazine in 2023 and the Erdal Öz Literature Award in 2024. Necati Tosuner passed away on February 23, 2026.