Residency dates
19th October – 23rd November 2021
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Testimonial
Since I came here, I have been mostly disconnected from the ‘outer world’. I feel, however, very much surrounded by a community of writers.
I didn’t know what my ‘modus operandi’ was going to be in Xenia, but it was good to have the reassurance which came with knowing that everyone works differently and every experience is useful.
Here are some inspirations: Virginia Woolf could only write in the mornings, Keats only with a clean shirt on, Ernest Hemingway only wrote standing up, Paul Bowles could only write in bed, and I recently found out through a New Yorker article, Victor Hugo would write in the nude and tell his valet not to give him any clothes until he finished for the day.
Pleased to say that I am much more flexible than my fellow writers
Bio
Born
1984
Istanbul, Turkey
Education
2013
MA Gender, Media and Culture
Goldsmiths, University of London
2009
BA Management of Performing Arts
Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey
Residency dates
19th October – 23rd November 2021
Residency images
Testimonial
Since I came here, I have been mostly disconnected from the ‘outer world’. I feel, however, very much surrounded by a community of writers.
I didn’t know what my ‘modus operandi’ was going to be in Xenia, but it was good to have the reassurance which came with knowing that everyone works differently and every experience is useful.
Here are some inspirations: Virginia Woolf could only write in the mornings, Keats only with a clean shirt on, Ernest Hemingway only wrote standing up, Paul Bowles could only write in bed, and I recently found out through a New Yorker article, Victor Hugo would write in the nude and tell his valet not to give him any clothes until he finished for the day.
Pleased to say that I am much more flexible than my fellow writers
Born
1984
Istanbul, Turkey
Education
2013
MA Gender, Media and Culture
Goldsmiths, University of London
2009
BA Management of Performing Arts
Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey
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