A Mind at Peace Author:Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar Set on the eve of World War II, A Mind at Peace captures the anxieties of a Turkish family facing the difficult reality entrenched in the early republic, founded on the ashes of the Ottoman Empire in 1923. Poetically drawing on the effects of cultural upheaval on the individual, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar illuminates the precarious balance be... more »tween tradition and modernity, East and West. Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar (1901-1962) is considered one of the most important Turkish novelist of the twentieth century. He created a cultural universe in in his work, bringing together a Western literary voice and the sensibilities of the Ottoman culture. Erdag Goknar was the recipient of the Oceans Connect Grant and a Fulbright Fellowship. He teaches at Duke University.« less