Monday, April 21, 2008
In Memoriam |Semiramis Aydınlık (1930-2008)


Aydinlik, SemiramisBIRTH: Kirsehir, Turkey April 26, 1930 STUDY: Pharmacy, University of Istanbul 1951 WORK: Scientist, Section Head of Fertility Control, Schering AG-Berlin 1963- SPECIALTY: Caricature; Political/Social MEMBERSHIPS: Member of Trade Union of Media and Literature PUBLICATIONS/SYNDICATED FEATURES: Zitty Magazine (Germany); Handelsblatt (Germany); Selecta (Germany); Tageszeitung (Germany); Cumhuriyet; Akbaba (Turkey); Dolmus (Turkey); Carsaf AWARDS: Citation, Yomiuri Shimbun 1986; 4th Award, Handelsblatt Wettbewerb 1986; Honorable Mention, Yomiuri Shimbun 1987; Cagdas Gazeteciler, Dernegi (Istanbul) 1987
CARTOONS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: Cartoon-Museum, Istanbul
ONE-MAN SHOWS: 4 exhibitions in Berlin 1980-90; München 1983 GROUP SHOWS: Zitty Cartoonists Exhibition 1991
OTHER PROF. ACTIVITIES/ACHIEVEMENTS: Translations from German and English into Turkish; "Surname" by Aziz Nesin - translation from Turkish into German; Literature: An unpublished novel on Old Istanbul - Short Stories