Poet (b. 15 May 1960, Boyabat / Sinop). He
graduated from Şişli High School. He was arrested and sentenced to death and
spent seven years in prison when he was a first year student at İstanbul
Academy of Fine Arts (1980).
He won the Akademi Publishing House
1984 Poetry Award with his book Şafak
Türküsü (Song of the Dawn), which included the poems he wrote in prison. He
won the Hasan Hüseyin and Poetry International Poetry Award (1987) with Müebbet Türküsü (Song of the Life
Sentence) after he was released. He was selected as an honorary member of the
PEN Club American Center.
WORKS (Poetry):
Şafak Türküsü (Song of the Dawn, 1982), Müebbet Türküsü (Song of the Life Sentence, 1987), Suda Seken Hayat (The Life That Bounces on the Water, 1990), Yağmur Yağmasaydı (If It Had Not Rained, 1990), Sevgili Yoldaş Kurbağalar (1998), Bağışlanmış Hüzün (2005), Leke (2011).
REFERENCE: Enver Ercan / Nevzat Çelik’le söyleşi - Ataol Behramoğlu / Nevzat Çelik’in Günümüz Türk Şiirindeki Yeri - Sunay Akın / Şairini Arayan İskele - Akgün Akova / Yani Şimdi Nevzat Çelik Yeni Bir Şiire Dursa... (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 3.12.1998), Behçet Necatigil / Edebiyatımızda İsimler Sözlüğü (18. bas. 1999), Şükran Kurdakul / Şairler ve Yazarlar Sözlüğü (gen. 6. bas. 1999), Hüseyin Peker / Toplumcu Şiirin Yürek Atışları (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 17.8.2000), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), 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) - Ünlü Edebiyatçılar (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 4, 2013).