Fatma Aliye Topuz Writer

Fatma Aliye Topuz (9 October 1862 – 13 July 1936), often known simply as Fatma Aliye or Fatma Aliye Hanım, was a Turkish novelist, columnist, essayist, women's rights activist and humanitarian. Although there was an earlier published novel by the Turkish female author Zafer Hanım in 1877, since that one remained her only novel, Fatma Aliye Hanım with her five novels is credited by literary circles as the first female novelist in Turkish literature and the Islamic world.

Personal facts

Fatma Aliye Topuz
PseudonymBir Hanım (A Lady) Meram (Translator of Meram)
Birth dateOctober 09, 1862
Birth place
Ottoman Empire , Turkey , Istanbul
Nationality
Women in Turkey
Date of deathJuly 13, 1936
Place of death
Turkey , Istanbul
Relatives
Emine Semiye Önasya
Ahmed Cevdet Pasha

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Writer

Career start1889
Career end1915

Fatma Aliye Topuz on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://openlibrary.org/b/OL1263327M/Fatma-Aliye