Updated September 2026
About Leyla Erbil
Leyla Erbil was a Turkish writer. She was one of the leading female contemporary writers of Turkey, author of six novels, three collections of short stories and a book of essays. She was the first Turkish female writer to be nominated for a Nobel Prize in Literature by PEN International in 2002.
Erbil was a co-founder of the Union of Turkish Artists and the Writers Syndicate of Turkey.
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