Arlin Çiçekçi
Born in İstanbul in 1981, Çiçekçi is a young Turkish writer of Armenian extraction who has quickly been established as a startling new voice on the Turkish literary scene for her rich,evocative story-telling and ability to weave historical narratives with mystical, fairy-tale motifs. Shortlisted for the Vedat Türkali Novel Award for her first novel The Ingeniousness of Basharazin in 2022, and awarded the prestigious Duygu Asena Award for her second In The Shadow of the Cypress Tree in 2023, she started reading as a child to anticipate the possible tricks her brother used to steal from the pages of books. A world traveller, she works at Microsoft as an AI marketer for Central Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.