# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oguz-atay
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:29:22.827Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oguz-atay"
name: "Oğuz Atay"
slug: "oguz-atay"
description: "Oğuz Atay was a Turkish novelist. His first novel, Tutunamayanlar, appeared in 1971–72. Never reprinted in his lifetime and controversial among critics, it has become a best-seller since a new edition came out in 1984. It has been described as \"probably the most eminent novel of twentieth-century Turkish literature\": this reference is due to a UNESCO survey, which goes on: \"it poses an earnest challenge to even the most skilled translator with its kaleidoscope of colloquialisms and sheer size.\""
tagline: "Turkish novelist (1934–1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oguzataybust.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1934-10-12"
deathDate: "1977-12-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.61441066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump