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PDF/EPUB Harem PDF/EPUB Ë ò rildem.co Zülfü Livaneli born in 1946 is a singer a composer a bestselling Turkish author and a poet who is considered one of the most significant and influential authors and intellectuals of his time His books have won numerous literary awards both in his home country and abroadAlthough his novels are viewed as highly literary Livaneli is considered the best selling contemporary author of Turkey today The article A Festival of Musical Contrasts which appeared in the International New York Times 972014 refers to Zuflu Livaneli as a composerLivaneli is known for his novels that interweave diverse social and historical backgrounds figures and incidents such as in ‘Bliss’ which won the Barnes Noble's ‘Discovery of Great New Writers Award’ in 2006 and in his critically acclaimed ‘Serenade for Nadia’ ‘Leyla's House’ and ‘My Brother's Story’ which were all translated into 37 languages and won numerous Turkish and International literary awards and were highly praised by prominent literary critics around the world His novels have been turned into theatrical movies stage plays and operasLivaneli was imprisoned several times during the 1971 Turkish coup d'état because of his political views and had to leave Turkey in 1972 and went on exile He lived in Stockholm Paris Athens and New York where he met and collaborated with artists and intellectuals such as Elia Kazan Arthur Miller James Baldwin and Peter Ustinov among others Livaneli returned to Turkey in 1984His works and cultural and political activities and contributions to world peace were recognized by UNESCO in 1995 when he was appointed Goodwill Ambassador to UNESCO a post he still holds today He served a term in the Turkish Parliament as well as in the Council of EuropeLivaneli is as accomplished as a writer as he is as a poet and a songwriter cultural and political activist Although he first became known for his contemporary music Livaneli turned his focus to writing in the last decades when he realized that literature was closer to his heart His first collection of short stories 'A Child in Purgatory' published in 1978 was turned into a movie by Swedish and German TVHe is also a prominent social democrat politician and was a member of the Turkish parliament for one term Livaneli's novels have been turned into theatrical movies stage plays and operasLivaneli is known for his contemporary music in much the same way as Bob Dylan and his contemporaries in the United States were in the 60's His 1997 Ankara concert was attended by no less than 500 thousand people His collaborations with Mikis Theodorakis of Greece have been noted as a gesture of bringing together the two countries Livaneli has been a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador since 1996Livaneli has composed some three hundred songs a rhapsody recorded by London Symphony Orchestra– and a ballet His compositions have reached cult status nationwide and have been performed by internationally renowned artists such as Joan Baez Maria Farantouri María del Mar Bonet Udo Lindenberg Haris Alexiou Jocelyn B Smith and Kate Westbrook He has also written five plays and thirty film soundtracks Among these soundtracks are the soundtrack for Yol The Path directed by Yilmaz Güney and winner of the Golden Palm in Cannes Film Festival The Herd directed by Yılmaz Güney and Zeki Ökten and Shirin's Wedding by German director Helma Sanders Brahms His recordings have been published in the USA Sweden Germany Holland and France and he has given dozens of concerts throughout the world He has produced albums and performed with Mikis Theodorakis and Maria Farantouri and he has also collaborated with Manos Hatzidakis Giora Feidman Inti Illimani and Ángel Parra In 2010 he sang 'Mothers of The Disappeared' with Bono at U2's concert in Istanbul Turkey which was U2's first ever concert in Istanbul Liv