Ahmet Büke
Ahmet Büke was born in Gördes, Manisa in 1970. He published his first short story collection İzmir Postasının Adamları in in 2004, followed by five more collections, including Alnı Mavide (2008), for which he was awarded the Oğuz Atay Short Story Prize, and Kumrunun Gördüğü (2010), for which he received the prestigious Sait Faik Short Story Award. His stories have been published in English translation in Transcript Review and Absinthe, and in German translation as well.