Bilge Karasu (9 January 1930 – 13 July 1995), was a Turkish short story writer and novelist.
[3] He studied at Şişli Terakki High School and at Istanbul University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Philosophy.
[6] He worked as a lecturer at Hacettepe University's Philosophy Department from 1974 until his death.
[7] He lived in a small basement on Nilgün Street in Ankara for years.
[8] He died on 14 July, 1995, at Hacettepe University Hospital, Ankara where he was being treated for pancreatic cancer.