<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Barış Güven Author Site]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sorgulayan kalem]]></description><link>https://www.barisguven.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:13:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.barisguven.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Recent Story: A Good Person]]></title><description><![CDATA[My breath has slowed. I feel no pain anymore. Voices reach my ears, but I cannot understand them. Everything is white, bright. Soon my eyelids will close, my consciousness will fade. I used to write stories—on buses, in hotel rooms. Nothing remarkable, but they opened a door for me, let me look at the sky. Now I am thinking: if I had time, if I could write the story of what I have lived through, what kind of story would I write? As I approached the village, I glanced back at my footprints in...]]></description><link>https://www.barisguven.com/post/sormay%C4%B1-%C3%B6%C4%9Frenmek-bar%C4%B1%C5%9F-g%C3%BCven-in-paradigmas%C4%B1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6a2dac328f65b106572c54</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:43:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/01960a_66f695b26520414aada2a764b0d94251~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_667,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>baris.guven</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interview with Barış Güven (in Turkish)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jineps gazetesi, 1 Eylül 2021 - Betül Kanbolat Öyküseverlere bir kitaptan bahsetmek istiyorum. Adı “Kör Dilenciler”. Temmuz 2021’de Papirüs Yayınları tarafından basıldı. İçinde “Kitap”, “Şeytan”, “Arayış”, “Resim”, “Bedel” ve kitaba da adını veren “Kör Dilenciler” adlı altı öykü var. Öykülerin kurgusu ve diyalogları güçlü, anlatımı yer yer şiirsel, yer yer masalsı. Kurmacalar içinde bazı anlar var ki birer fotoğraf karesi. Daha ilk satırda okuru yakalayan ve beklenmedik sonları ile akılda...]]></description><link>https://www.barisguven.com/post/yazar-bar%C4%B1%C5%9F-g%C3%BCven-ile-yaz%C4%B1-s%C3%BCre%C3%A7leri-%C3%BCzerine</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6a2dab5329f38dcec6f394</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:43:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/01960a_1851974a494d414eba9e474c35984368~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_438,h_298,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>baris.guven</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Barış Güven's recent novel: Slave]]></title><description><![CDATA[As one of the new voices in Turkish literature, Barış Güven addresses deep social and societal themes in his work. His books Slave and Blind Beggars in particular are built to make readers think and question. In this piece, we take a detailed look at these two works, examining their themes, characters, and social critiques. Barış Güven is a writer and poet born in Turkey in the 1970s. He began his literary career later in life and quickly developed a distinctive style of his own. In his work,...]]></description><link>https://www.barisguven.com/post/bar%C4%B1%C5%9F-g%C3%BCven-in-eserleri-k%C3%B6le-ve-blind-beggars</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6a2da7fc8daac1bb1a803c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:43:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/01960a_cca9e42d2db24f92953f03839bf0b08e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>baris.guven</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>