Tuna Kiremitçi

Tuna Kiremitçi — Biography

Poetry, fiction, rock bands and duet albums all make up the work of Tuna Kiremitçi, a Turkish poet, novelist and musician. For years he was known for his tender, ironic novels; since 2021 he has been best known as a crime writer. His books have been translated into 16 languages.

He began making music in the school orchestra at Galatasaray High School and, with friends, formed Kumdan Kaleler, with whom he released Denize Doğru in 1996. His first poems appeared in the journal Varlık while he was still at school; Ayabakanlar (1994) won him the Yaşar Nabi Nayır Poetry Prize, and in 1997 he shared the Erguvan Balkan Poetry Prize. Among his novels, Git Kendini Çok Sevdirmeden (2002), Bu İşte Bir Yalnızlık Var (2003) and Yolda Üç Kişi (2005) reached a wide readership; Bu İşte Bir Yalnızlık Var was filmed in 2013 and Dualar Kalıcıdır staged in 2014. In 2016 he announced the end of his novel-writing and turned to music and poetry: Kendi Halinde (2007), Selam Yabancı with the band Atlas, and then Tuna Kiremitçi ve Arkadaşları (2017).

That last album won a Golden Butterfly Award in 2019. Kiremitçi entered crime fiction in 2021 with Mezun Cinayetleri and has reviewed crime novels for Gazete Oksijen since 2020. He studied cinema at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University.