Hakan Günday was born in Rhodes in 1976. He finished his primary education in Brussels. After attending Ankara Tevfik Fikret High School, he studied at the Department of French Translator in the Faculty of Literature of Hacettepe University. He then transferred to Universite Libre de Bruxelles. Günday continued his study in the Faculty of Political Sciences at Ankara University. He published his first novel "Kinyas ve Kayra" in 2000.

Novels:

Kinyas ve Kayra (2000), Doğan Kitap
Zargana (2002), Doğan Kitap
Piç (2003), Doğan Kitap
Malafa(2005), Doğan Kitap
Azil (2007), Doğan Kitap, (Also published in Arabic by Etrac, in Egypt)
Ziyan (2009), Doğan Kitap (Also published in Bulgarian by Delakort)
Az (2011), Doğan Kitap

He is also a playwrite and working in cooperation with DOT company- İstanbul (http://www.go-dot.org/?p=69).

His play, Mandrel did its premiere at the 17th International İstanbul Theatre Festival (2010). (http://tiyatro.iksv.org/en/program/27)