Rustu Cumhur Oranci (Turkey)

Born in Istanbul, he is a Turkish writer and literary translator. He left Turkey before the coup d’état of 12 September 1980 and spent some time in Europe working for the left-wing daily Aydinlik. He became a radio operator on merchant vessels. He wrote a magical realist account of his life on the high seas in his first novel Butterfly’in Intihar Seferi (The Suicide Voyage of the Butterfly), published by Telos, Istanbul in 1991. He currently lives in Istanbul and works as a full time writer.