Kemal Sadık Gökçeli
Born	(1923-10-23)October 23, 1923 Gökçedam, Osmaniye, Ottoman Empire
Died	28 February 2015(2015-02-28) (aged 91) İstanbul, Turkey
Occupation	Novelist
Period	1943 – 2002
Notable works	Ağıtlar ("Ballads"; debut) İnce Memed ("Memed, My Hawk")) Teneke ("The Drumming-Out") Ince Memed II ("They Burn the Thistles")
Notable awards	Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger 1979 Prix mondial Cino Del Duca 1982 Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur de France 1984 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 1997 Grand Officier de la Légion d'Honneur de France 2011

Yaşar Kemal, (born Kemal Sadık Gökçeli 6 October 1923 – 28 February 2015) was a Turkish writer of Kurdish origin. He was one of Turkey's leading writers.^[1][2] Kemal was long a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, on the strength of Memed, My Hawk.^[3]

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