Seza Kutlar Aksoy
Seza Kutlar Aksoy is a Turkish children's author residing in Istanbul. She is the younger sister of writer Onat Kutlar.
Biography
Seza Kutlar Aksoy was born in Gaziantep, Turkey.She is a member of the Turkish section of the International P.E.N., TYS, and a member of the administrative board of the Turkish Association of Children and Youth Publications. She is nominated as the 2011 Turkey candidate for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world's largest children's and youth literature award, and the second largest literature prize in the world..
Seza Kutlar Aksoy's stories have been published in children's literature magazines including Redmouse and Milliyet Kids. Her radio play, Adventures of Memo was broadcast by the Voice of Turkey. One of her stories, Bluebird, was adapted and staged by Tiyatroom Group. Aksoy conducts regular literary sessions with children in schools on reading stories, dramatization and thinking about stories, students' own life or about life itself.
Publications
Pre-school
- Nil soru soruyor
- ''Uyku agaci ''
School-age
- Büyülü Bahçe
- Küçük Prenses ve Kardelen , Tudem
- Tomurcuk ve Pembe Kedi ,
- Tomurcuk ve Pembe Kedi Altın Peşinde , Tudem
- Nun Gelince , Tudem
- Güvercin’in Saati
- Şişko Patates Can yayinlari
- Akıllı Anka
- Güneşe Köprü
- Seker Kiz ve Buyulu Elma Can yayinlariCevrimicinde Serafettin Can yayinlari
Youth
- Ask Kalir Published within the PEACH project supported by the European Commission's, Horizons Program.
Awards
Aksoy won following prizes in children's literature:- Sıtkı Dost Awards, mention.
- Turkish Redmouse Awards, Grand Award.
- Tudem Awards, Grand Award.
- TMMOB Award.
- Nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award by Turkey, 2011.