Author, journalist, and translator Liz Behmoaras passed away at the age of 75. Her most recent book, *Azra, the Little Giant Woman*, had just been published.
Born in Istanbul in 1950, Liz Behmoaras graduated from the Department of English Language and Literature at Boğaziçi University and began her career as an editor in the culture section of Şalom from 1986 to 1996.
Behmoaras became known for his biographical works focusing on the lives of people who lived in Turkey during the transition from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic. Behmoaras’s family named him “Lizi,” a shortened form of his grandmother Eliza’s name.
However, Behmoaras used the pen name “Liz” in her writing career. She authored books such as “Suat Derviş: A Legendary Woman and Her Era,” ‘Mazhar Osman: The Storm in the Closed Box,‘ ”End-of-Century Testimonies: Mediterranean Identity, Identity, and Intellectualism,“ was fluent in many languages, including English, French, Italian, and Spanish.
Behmoaras’s latest book, “Azra, the Little Giant Woman,” was published five months ago.
Works by Liz Behmoaras:
- Jews Through the Eyes of Intellectuals in Turkey
Who are you, Jak Samanon?
Testimonies from the End of the Century
The Story of a Search for Identity
Suat Derviş: A Legendary Woman and Her Era
Mazhar Osman, *The Storm in the Closed Box*
Testimonies from the End of the Century: On Mediterranean Identity, Identity, and Intellectualism…
You Are Not Alone (with Alev Alatlı, Ayşe Kulin, and Nurşen Mazıcı)
You Were Different
Lale Pudding Shop
Foam
The German Officer's House
Winter in Lisbon (with Antonio Muñoz Molina)