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Elif Shafak author page
Elif Shafak biography
Elif Shafak is a Turkish-British novelist, essayist and academic. She writes in both Turkish and English and her work has been translated into more than fifty languages.
Her novels include The Bastard of Istanbul (2006), The Forty Rules of Love (2009), Honour (2012) and 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World (2019), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Her writing often addresses themes of identity, history, feminism and cultural belonging.
Shafak holds a PhD in political science and has lectured at universities in Turkey, the United States and the UK. She was awarded the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 2010.
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