İpek Ongun, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

İpek Ongun

Date of Birth: 07-Jan-1942

Place of Birth: Ankara, Turkey

Profession: writer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Ipek Ongun (born 7 January 1942) is a female Turkish novelist. She was born in Ankara on 7 January 1942 to Nusret, an officer in Turkish Army and Fatma, a literature teacher.
After graduating from Arnavutköy American High School for Girls in 1961, she took courses on literary criticism in New York, United States.
She began her literary career by writing for Dogan Kardes, a children's periodical in Istanbul.
She also served for Time magazine and Life magazine.
As a novelist, she wrote mainly for the juveniles.
In 1991, she was awarded a "Golden Book" by the Turkish trade fair organizer TÜYAP.
In 1998, she was named as the "Most Successful Author".
She is married and mother of two.
Currently she is living in Mersin, her husband's home city.