Frances Kazan

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March 8, 2013 by frances

Halide Edib Adivar

Halide Edib was a writer, nationalist, wife, mother, feminist although she rejected the title, animal lover, scholar,  fluent in several languages she wrote some of her books  in both Turkish and English.   “The Dervish”, my second novel, is  inspired by  the life of this complex woman,  who born into a  well to do  Ottoman family […]
February 13, 2013 by frances

The Dervish

I have a new book coming out, “The Dervish”; an unique love story set in Istanbul and Anatolia in 1919. It tells the story of Mary Benedetti, an uncoventional American artist  compelled to quit New York after her husband was killed in the war. Mary makes the arduous to Istanbul to stay with her sister […]
English born Frances Kazan is a writer, lecturer, producer and arts supporter.

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Recent Posts

  • Helping Writers become Authors
  • “Visiting Turkey and Discovery” — my blog post at Fresh Fiction
  • The Collapse of a Writing Routine — and How It Was Restored

Reviews

Kazan has written a politically intriguing and uniquely stylized novel with a subject matter that is refreshingly untrodden. A master of Turkish studies, she conveys this story with the mystique of billowing incense. (review of Halide’s Gift)

— Elsa Gaztambide

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