Poet and Writer
(b. 16 April 1919, Bandırma / Balıkesir - d. 30 August 2002, Ankara). His full
name was Hüsnü Hasan Göksel. He used the pen names Hüsnü Göksel A. and H.A.
Göksel. He was educated in Ankara and graduated from İstanbul University, Faculty
of Medicine (1943). He was a lecturer in Ankara, Hacettepe and Başkent
Universities from 1955.
He
was tried for an article he published in Cumhuriyet in 1986 but was
later acquitted. He was a member of the Writers Syndicate of Turkey and the
Ataturkist Thought Association (founder). He published his poems in the
reviews, Haftalık Rapor, Seçilmiş
Hikâyeler and Dost, and his essays and articles in Ulus and Cumhuriyet.
WORKS:
SHORT STORY: Ben Bu
Menekşeleri Senin İçin Topladım (I Picked these Violets for You, 1991), Lacivert Mayolu Kız (The Girl Wearing
the Dark Blue Swimsuit, 1996).
NOVEL:
Ayışığı Sonatı (Moonlight Sonata,
1994).
POETRY:
Bunca Yağmurların Söndüremediği (Things
That So Much Rain Cannot Wash Away, 1992).
ESSAY: Barışa Özlem (Longing for Peace, 1986), Bu Dağların Arkasında Başka Dağlar Var (There are Other Mountains
Behind These Mountains, 1993).
REFERENCE: Afşin Oktay - Kemal Bağlum / Biyografiler Ansiklopedisi (1959), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), Attila Aşut / 2002 Yılında Kaybettiğimiz Gazeteci Yazar ve Yayıncılar (Çağdaş gazetesi, sayı: 54, Haziran 2002), İhsan Işık / Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007).
