Nurduran Duman

Nurduran Duman (born 23 October 1974, in Çan-Çanakkale) is a Turkish poet, writer, translator, editor, culture & art journalist.

Pursuing her passion for the sea, she received a degree as an Ocean Engineer and Naval Architect from the Istanbul Technical University.

Her books include Yenilgi Oyunu, the 2005 Cemal Sureya Poetry Award winner, and Mi Bemol.

Her poems also have been translated into Finnish, Chinese, Spanish, Azerbaijani Turkish, Bulgarian, Romanian, Slovak, French, German, Occitan, Macedonian, and Italian etc.

Her poems, translations (poems and stories), poetic articles, book reviews and interviews with foreign writers (e.g. Eileen Gunn, Karen Joy Fowler, Yiyun Li, Anna Tambour, Monica Arac de Nyeko, etc.)

She has also translated the poems of Anne Sexton, Sara Teasdale, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Sylvia Plath.