There are only a few days left until the Yaşar Kemal Symposium. The symposium, which will be accompanied by the exhibition of the master author's photographs that will meet with the people of İzmir for the first time, will focus on the "nature" and "human" elements in the author's narrative world. Among the speakers, American composer Michael Ellison, who adapted Yaşar Kemal's novel “Deniz Küstü” into a musical theater play, said, “Deniz Küstü has a direct understanding of ecology. "I think it's more conciliatory and honest than most environmental appeals based on statistics." Ellison invites the people of Izmir to the symposium.
Preparations have been completed for the "Yaşar Kemal and One Thousand Flowers in the Garden" symposium organized by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality and Yaşar Kemal Foundation. At the symposium to be held at the Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center (AASSM) on 2-3 December, the narrative world of the master writer will be discussed on the axes of “nature” and “human”.
Andaç: We listened to Yaşar Kemal's word
The coordinator of the symposium, writer and critic Feridun Andaç, said that Yaşar Kemal said, “The destruction of nature is now the main problem of our world. Pollution of the air and water, deterioration of the balance of nature are the main problems of humanity today” and said that they organized this symposium.
Ellison: 'Sea Blasphemy' has a direct understanding of ecology
American composer Michael Ellison, who adapted the master writer's novel "Deniz Küstü" into a musical theater play, said that they are waiting for the people of Izmir to the symposium. Ellison emphasized that "Sea Blast", which he did not recognize as a "highly humane book", also had a direct understanding of ecology and continued: "I think this is more conciliatory and honest than most environmentalist appeals based on statistics. Also, at the time the novel was written, the environmental movement in the West was just emerging, and arguments about the need to protect the world were sometimes often laughed at, sometimes downright deaf. Yaşar Kemal put forward this masterpiece in such a period, and in Turkey, which is thought to be not very advanced in environmental awareness.”
Türkan Şoray: “My movie that makes me the most proud is If They Kill the Snake”
The symposium will start with a preliminary session titled “Hello to Yaşar Kemal”. The first session will be attended by American composer Michael Ellison, the director of Union Publishing, which publishes his books in Switzerland, Lucien Leitess, poet Ataol Behramoğlu and director of the movie, Türkan Şoray, which was adapted from Yaşar Kemal's novel "If They Kill the Snake" with the same name. Saying "If they kill the snake, it's the film that makes me the most proud in my professional life", Şoray will talk about the film's transfer to the big screen and the shooting phase. His close friends will talk about both Yaşar Kemal and his literature. In the two-day symposium, artists, writers, journalists and scientists will speak in 7 sessions, including the preliminary session. After the symposium, Kardes Turkuler will give a concert.
Yaşar Kemal: “We are getting late every day”
Master writer Yaşar Kemal warns: “When nature dies and its balance is disturbed, no one can save it. … It is not easy to find the balance of nature again and to recreate it. We say that while the road is near, we must save our country before everything is burned down. Every day we are getting late and falling into the abyss of destruction.”
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