Yasar Kemal was born on October 6, 1923 in Osmaniye, Adana, Turkey. He was a writer, known for The Fallow Deer (1958), Tus (1955) and The Enemy of Chastity (1957). He was previously married to Ayse Semiha Baban and Thilda Serrero. He died on February 28, 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey.