Educator-writer. She was born in
Gümülcine in 1908. She is the wife of writer Rakım Çalapala. She wrote school
plays and story books. After the government’s permission to publish textbooks,
she prepared History, Geography, Civics, and Marital Information, Biology, and
Mathematics textbooks for 4th and 5th grades in the Atlas
Publishing which she established with her husband Rakım Çalapala in 1951. Her
textbooks were used until the decision of publishing them by government in
1970. She shared the prize with her husband in Alphabet for the First Time
contest.
WORKS:
STORY: Sümüklü Böcek Düğünde (1932),
Beş Hikâye (with R. Çalapala, 1933), Çocuklar (with R. Çalapala,
1933), Eski Kiracılar (with R. Çalapala, 1933), Hayvanların En
Güzeli (with R. Çalapala, 1933), Saat Sekizi Geçti (1933), 87
Oğuz (1933).
PLAY: Köye Bir Misafir Geldi (1932;
içinde İnsan Bir Saattir, 1 episode children’s comedy), Kümesteki
Gürültü (1 episode children’s comedy, 1932), Eski Bir Dost (Facia 2
episodes, 1933), Köyden Gelen Ses (1 episode, 1 scene, 1933), Hırsızlar
(1 episode 1 scene, 1932), Kırmızı Boncuklar (with R. Çalapala,
1933), Köşedeki Fener (with R. Çalapala, 1932), Üç Bayram (anthology,
1959).
REFERENCE: Mustafa Nihat Özön -
Baha Dürder / Türk Tiyatrosu Ansiklopedisi (1967), Ahmet Borcaklı-Gülten Koçer
/ CDTT Bibliyografyası (1973), Alpay Kabacalı / Kültürümüzden İnsan Adaları
(1995), TDOE – TDE Ansiklopedisi 3 (2003), İhsan Işık (TEKAA, 2009).