Elif Shafak

Elif Shafak

Elif Shafak is a novelist and the most widely read female author in Turkey. Her latest novel, “10 Minutes, 38 Seconds in this Strange World,” was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2006, Shafak was prosecuted for “insulting Turkishness.” She writes about global politics, populism, and nationalism.

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