Poet. Born on February 17, 1927 in Trnovtsa village /
Tirgovicte / Bulgaria.
He also used the pseudonym of Niyazi Hüseyinov. After completing his primary
school education, he went to Nuvvap
School in Sumnu. He was
one of the first students of Turcology Subdivision at Sofia University
in 1952. He worked as a Turkish teacher in many cities of the country. He
worked at Kırcaali Teachers’ Institute and received the title of senior
lecturer. He worked as a redactor in Turkish newspaper Yeni Hayat for long years.
First poem of Niyazi Hüseyinov was published in 1946
in Bulgaria;
but his name was known during the university years. His first poem was
published at Eylülcü Çocuk magazine in 1946 in Sofia. He appeared as one of the Niyazi
Hüseyinov – Mehmet Çavuşev – Mehmet Davudov trio; and he contributed a lot for
the cultural life of Turks in Bulgaria
for almost half a century. He prepared the Turkish page of Kırcaali Nov Jivot provincial newspaper. He
learned to speak Esperanto in 1962. His articles written in that language were
published in newspapers such as La
Praktiko, Hungara Vivo, Bulgara Esperanto. He received a prize with his play named Ateş
Adasındaki Dev in 1978 Varna International Esperanto Congress. He came to Turkey in 1989
migration. He managed Bizim Anayurt newspaper in Istanbul.
WORKS:
POETRY: Köy
Yankıları (Sofya, 1964), Aşktan Daha Üstün (Bulgarca şiirler,
Kırcaali 1973), Plevne Mektubu (1990), Karanfiller Uyandı (1993),
Işık Yağmuru (1996).
ANTHOLOGY:
Çağdaş Rodop Şairlerinden Esintiler (1996), Barış Uğrunda (çeviri,
Sofya, 1956), Bizim Anayurt Antolojisi (2001).
RESEARCH: Rumeli
Türk Ünlüleri (2 cilt, 1998), Balkanlar’da Türk Ünlüleri (2002).
TRANSLATION
FROM BULGARIAN: Şen Zveno (from Tsvetan Angelov, children’s poetry,
Sofya 1956), Piyonerlere Sahne Metaryalleri (Sofya, 1958), Yetmiş İki
Gün (story, Sofya, 1959), Rodoplardan Yankılar (compilation, Sofya,
1968).
REFERENCE:
İsa Kocakaplan / Plevne Mektubu Şiir Kitabı Önsözü (1990), Şaban Mahmudoğlu
Kalkan - Atila Er / Şiir Gecesi (1999), Şaban Mehmetoğlu Kalkan-Atilla Er /
Şiir Gecesi (1999), Hayriye Süleymanoğlu Yenisoy / Bulgaristan Türk Çocuk
Edebiyatından Örnekler (2002), Sabahattin Bayramöz / Türkçenin Sarmaşıkları
(2002), Feyyaz Sağlam / Kıbatek Bülteni (Türk Dünyası, January 2003), İhsan
Işık (TEKAA, 2009).
