Literature and Creativity in Today’s World with Yekta Kopan
Abstract
Date: Thursday, September 8, 2022
Time: 10:00 – 12:00
Location: Crea Center Çekmeköy Çavuşbaşı Cad. 105 /1-2 Cekmekoy / Istanbul
We are meeting at Crea Talk, the first event of Crea Center Çekmeköy.
Our first event On International Literacy Day, we are holding the first Crea Talk event with the famous writer, voice actor and presenter YEKTA KOPAN.
International Literacy Day is celebrated around the world on 8 September every year so that all people can enjoy the right to read and write and to eradicate illiteracy. At the UNESCO Conference held in Paris in 1966, 8 September was declared as International Literacy Day.
Program:
Program:
- 09:30 – 10:00 Meeting
- 10:00 – 11:30 Literature and Creativity in Today’s World with Yekta Kopan
- 11:30-12:00 Reading Time
- 12:15 – 13:00 User Protocol and User Agreement Signatures
- 13:05 – 13:30 Group Photo Shoot and Closing
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Authos’s Biography
Yekta KOPAN
Journalist, Author, Voice Actor
Yekta Kopan was born in Ankara in 1968. Having graduated from Hacettepe University’s Department of Business Administration, Kopan went on to live in İstanbul, publishing his stories in the magazine Hayalet Gemi. In 1998, Kopan founded the online magazine altZine, followed by altKitap, Turkey’s first online publishing platform. His first book Fildişi Karası was published in 2000, followed by the books of stories Aşk Mutfağından Yalnızlık Tarifleri, Yedi Derste Vicdan Muhasebesi, Kara Kedinin Gölgesi, Karbon Kopya, Bir De Baktım Yoksun, Kediler Güzel Uyanır, and the novels İçimde Kim Var and Aile Çay Bahçesi.
Kopan participated in various short film competition juries, the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival Project Development Jury and the Adana Golden Boll Film Festival National Competition Jury. He writes film articles for the Altyazı magazine and book reviews for Milliyet Kitap, as well as contributing to the magazines İstanbul Art News and Ot. Kopan is also part of the editorial board of Granta Türkiye.