Mehmet Güler

Novelist, Story Writer, Writer

Birth
20 September, 1944
Education
Institute of Education Department of Literature
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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).

 

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