Gökhan Sarı was born in 1992 in Adapazarı. After graduating from Sakarya Anatolian High School, he studied economics at Marmara University. He has been working as a freelance literature translator since 2014 and as an editor at Aylak Adam Publishing & Zeplin Kitap Publications since 2015. His translations include Youth (Joseph Conrad, Alakarga Publications), Submergence (J.M. Ledgard, Jaguar Kitap Publications), Butterflies in November (Audur Ava Olafsdottir, Pinhan Publications), and The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford, Aylak Adam Publications).

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