Storywriter
and novelist (b. 19 May 1930, Eymir village / İnegöl / Bursa). He attended
Eymir Village Primary School (1945), Arifiye Village Institute (1952) and
graduated from Gazi Institute of Education, Department of Science (1954). He
was given language education in the United Kingdom (1966-1968). He worked as
teacher in the village and centeral schools of Ministry of National Education
in Çorum (1952), Derik, Mardin (1954-55), Beşikdüzü, Trabzon (1956-59),
Demirci, Manisa (1959-62), İnegöl, Bursa (1962-68), Diyarbakır (1968-71),
Bursa'daki (1971-80), and then he retired. He is a member of the Writers
Syndicate of Turkey, the Turkish Authors Association, the Language Society and
the Kemalist Thought Association.
His first
poem (Son Yolculuk-Last Voyage) was published in the newspaper Sorunlarımıza
Işık (İnegöl), his first short story was published in the review Türk Dili (issue: 330, Mach 1979) with a
presentation article of Fakir Baykurt. His other works were published in Türk Dili, Edebiyat ‘81, Dönem, Kıyı,
Yaba-Öykü, Kıyı, Damar, Cumhuriyet Kitap, Dünya Kitap, Biçem, Yeni Biçem,
Çağdaş Türk Dili, Yaklaşım, Cumhuriyet and in local newspapers of Bursa. He collected the Nevzat Üstün 1981
Short Story Award with his book Hanife
Nine'den Öyküler (Short Stories
from Grandmother Hanife); the Honorable Mention in 1990 Ferit Oğuz Bayır Awards
with his novel Boşlukta Adam (Man in Gap) and the Education Award of
Bursa Branch of the Progressive Journalists Association. Doğan Hızlan
emphasized in one of his articles that Gezer brought “new dimentions, new tastes, new humanistic
approaches” to the subjects found
in village story and novels. Gezer
declerates his opinion about the technique of short story with this phase “I am
in the opinion of that the contexts of introduction, evaluation and conclusion
have been passed over in contemporary story writing. I think poetic narration
forms the essence of short story. It gained importance now that why and how the
story has been written” (Yaba-Öykü, issue: 16)
WORKS:
SHORT STORY: Hanife Nine'den Öyküler (Short Stories
from Grandmother Hanife, 1981, second edition with four new short story, 1995),
Yürüyen Gece (Walking Night, 1988), Puslu Hüzün (Foggy Melancoly, 1989), Kırılgan Umutlar (Fragile Hopes, 1998), Şenlet Öğretmenin Destanı (The Epic of
Teacher Şenlet,2000).
NOVEL: Boşluktaki Adam (Man in Gap, 1990), Aydınlığa Yürüyenler (Those Walking to
the Light, 1993), Yalnız Adamın Düşleri (Dreams
of Lonely Man, 2000).
POETRY: Karbeyazı Geceler Üstüne (On the
Snow-white Nights, 2000).
ESSAY: Yerodamdan Notlar (Notes from my Land
Room, conversation, 1998), Yitikler
Arasında Zaman (Time in Losts, 2000).
RESEARCH: Mustafa Kemal, Ulusal Eğitim, Köy
Enstitüleri (Mustafa Kemal, National Education, Village Institutes, 1999).
TRAVEL
LITERATURE: Uludağ Eteklerinden Sis
Dağına (From the Outskirts of Uludağ to Sis Mountain, 2002).