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Oltu? Deha Talun is a Turkish novelist, poet, playwright and philosophical essayist. Talun was born in Istanbul on July 23, 1993. At the age of 11, Talun found himself in a certain art and literature culture. As the second child of an educated family,Talun decided at the age of 19 that he wanted to be a novelist.After graduating from high school and university, Talun turned to philosophy and psychology and instead of practicing the profession he had studied, he developed himself in the field of Psychology. From that day to the present, Talun has written various novels, theatre plays, essays and poems.Talun, who comes from an aristocratic family, traces his father's lineage from the Ottoman dynasty to the Molla Dedes, while his mother is a Yugoslavian immigrant descended from the Alim Dedes. Before his father lost his wealth, he was seen and known as the son of a wealthy family by his close circle and relatives.Talun spent his childhood and youth in a holiday village called Parkköy, which was outside the city at that time. While completing his education, Talun learned Turkish, English and German at school. Although he came from a Muslim family, he considered himself an atheist teenager and had little religious fervor. Talun describes himself as a devoted reader of literature and art and is known as a respected Proust and Nabokov researcher.