Storywriter
and novelist (b. 20 September 1944, Çepni / Gemerek / Sivas). He attended Çepni
Village Primary School (1956), Pamukpınar Primary Teachers Training School
(1962) and graduated from Necati Bey Institute of Education, Department of Literature
(1964). He worked as literature teacher in the secondary schools in Ayvacık
(1964-66), Kayseri (1966-77), Çınarcık (1977-93) and Gebze (1994-2000).
His
works were first published in the reviews Yeni
a (1970) and İmece (1970), later
in the newspapers Cumhuriyet, Yeni Ortam,
in the reviews Yeni Adımlar (1972), Yeni Toplum (1973-75), Yansıma (1975-77), Sanat Emeği, Türk Dili (1975-96), Türkiye Yazıları (1978-80) and in various children review. He
received sixteen awards like Sabahattin Ali Short Story Award (1974), Naci
Gökşen Children Literature Award (1988), Ferit Oğuz Bayır Novel Award (1991),
Orhan Kemal Short Story Award (1991), the first rank in Uludağ University Short
Story Branch (1996), Orhan Kemal Short Story Award (1988), Sabahattin Ali Short
Story Award (1998) from the competitions. His short story Uçurtmam Bulutlardan Yüce (My
Kite is Higher than Clouds) was filmed as children film and was showed in the
Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (1992). He is a member of the
Writers Syndicate of Turkey, PEN Association of Writers, Kemalist Thought
Association, the Turkish Authors Association and the Language Society.
WORKS:
SHORT
STORY: Ak Badanalı Ev (White Painted
House, 1977), İçim Dışım Gökkuşağı (I
am Full off with Rainbow, 1986), Bir Eski
Sevda (An Old Love, 1988), Ferhat
Gibi (Like Ferhat, 1991), Aşkı Çeyrek
Geçe (Quarter Past Love, 1993), Satılık Uzay Mekiği (Space
Shuttle on Sale, 2002), Arka Oda (Back Room, 2002).
NOVEL:
İstanbul Kanatlı Ben (I Winged with
İstanbul, 1990), Öznesi Aşk (Subject
is Love, 2000), Yüreklerde Fay
Hattı (Fault Line in the Hearts,
2004).
CHILDREN’S
NOVEL: Okul Bir Türküdür (School is a
Folk Song, 1980), İkizler (Twins, 1986), Kesekâğıdı
Çocukları (Children of Paper Bag, 1993), Yedi Renkli Dünya Çocukları (Children of Seven Colored World, 1995).
CHILDREN’S
STORY: İçim Dışım Gökkuşağı (I am
Full off with Rainbow, 1986), En Güzel
Gülücük Oyunu (The Play of Best Smile, 1988), Aydede'nin Öpücüğü (Kiss of Moon, 1988), Üst Geçit (Cross Point, 1990), Uçurtmam
Bulutlardan Yüce (My Kite is Higher than Clouds, 1991), Adım Çocukların Olsun (My Name Belongs
to Children, 1992), Balonlar Gökyüzünün
Olsun (Balloons Belong to the Sky, 1995).
FAIRY TALE: Keloğlan Keleşoğlan (Keloğlan, Stupid Boy, 1986).
REFERENCE: İhsan Işık / Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, 2007).