 Zülfü Livaneli

Ömer Zülfü Livanelioğlu (born June 20, 1946), better known as Zülfü Livaneli, is a Turkish musician, author, poet, and politician.Livaneli is known for his novels that interweave diverse social and historical backgrounds, figures, and incidents, such as in "Bliss" which won the Barnes & Noble's Discovery of Great New Writers Award in 2006, and in his "Serenade for Nadia", "Leyla's House", and "My Brother's Story", which were all translated into 37 languages and won numerous Turkish and International literary awards.