Zülfü Livaneli

Zülfü Livaneli, born Ömer Zülfü Livanelioğlu in 1946, is a Turkish novelist, composer, film director and politician, and one of the country's best-known cultural figures. His novels include The Eunuch of Constantinople (1996), Bliss (2002), Last Island (2008) and Serenade for Nadia. Bliss received t…