Ömer Asan

The 5th Roman Kahramanları Istanbul Literature Festival, organised jointly by Maltepe University and the journal Roman Kahramanları, took as its theme “The City as a Novel’s Hero”. Between 21 and 25 December 2020, panels and conversations were held with academics, writers and filmmakers from thirteen universities. The “Countries, Cities and Literature” sessions dealt with Danish, French, Japanese and Arabic literature.

In the Arabic literature session, Mehmet Hakkı Suçin gave a talk titled “The City in Modern Arabic Literature”, moderated by the writer Ömer Asan, in which images of the city in the Arabic novel and poetry were discussed.

The conversation can be watched below.

The conversation is in Turkish.