Researcher and writer (b.
17 June 1927, İstanbul). He attended the Galatasaray High School (1947) and
graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Law (1950), and from the King's
College at London University (1952). His doctorate thesis was “Meşrutiyet Çağı, Siyasal Hukuki ve Toplumsal
Düzeninin Türk Tiyatrosuna Etkisi" (Influences of the Political,
Judicial and Social Order during the Constitutional Period on Turkish Theatre,
1986). He became an associate professor with the thesis "Osmanlı Tiyatrosu: Kuruluş Gelişimi ve Katkısı” (The Ottoman
Theatre: Its Establishment, Development and Contributions, 1974), and a
professor with the research "Dünyada
ve Bizde Gölge Oyunu" (Shadow Theater in the World and in Turkey,
1980).
He conducted researches in the United States
and Europe on stage arts, on the scholarship provided by the Rockfeller
Foundation (1956-57). After 1958, he worked as a lecturer (professor doctor) at Ankara
University, Faculty of Language, History and Geography; Ege University, Faculty
of Fine Arts (1976-77); at Ankara University, School of Press and Publication
(for ten years), and at the universities of New York (1984), Tokyo (1986) and
Justs Liebig-Giessen (1987).
Accepted as an authority
on the Turkish theatre, Metin And received the Turkish Language Association
Science Award in 1970 with his book Geleneksel
Türk Tiyatrosu (the Traditional Turkish Theatre), the grand prize of the İş
Bank with his work titled Kültürel
Etkinlikler Büyük Kuruluşlar (Cultural Activities, Great Institutions;
shared the award with Şükrü Elçin, Haşim Nezihi Okay and Cahit Güzelbey, 1983),
the Turkish Advertisement Foundation Eminent Services Award in 1991, and two
more prizes for his contributions to the State Ballet and to the publication of
two records of Mozart in the Mozart's Year. He was awarded by the French
government in 1986 with L'ordine des Arts et des Lettres, and was given the
title “officier”. His articles were published in the reviews Forum, Sanat Dünyası, Milliyet Sanat,
Tiyatro Araştırmaları, Tarih-Toplum, Dost, Türk Folklor Araştırmaları, Drama
Review, Türk Dili, Devlet Tiyatrosu, Varlık, Hisar, Tarih Mecmuası, İtalyan
Filolojisi, Dance News, Dance and Dancer, Dancing Times, Maske und Kothurn
Review of National Literatures, East Asian Cultural Studies, Asian Folklore
Studies, Objets et Mondes Des İslâm, Journal of American Folklore, etc.
WORKS:
Gönlü Yüce Türk (The Turks with their Virtuous Heart, 1958), Dances of Anatolian Turkey (1959, New
York), Kırk Gün Kırk Gece (Forty Days
Forty Nights, 1959), Bizans Tiyatrosu (The
Byzantine Theatre, 1959), Kavuklu
Hamdi'den Üç Orta Oyunu Büyücü Hoca-Fotoğrafçı-Eskici Abdi (Three
Ortaoyuns* of Kavuklu Hamdi: The Magician Hoca - The Photographer - Abdi the
Junk Dealer, 1962), Dionisos ve Anadolu
Köylüsü (Dionysos and the Anatolian Villager, 1962), Ataç Tiyatroda Ataç'ın Tiyatro Eleştirileri ve Yazıları Üzerine
İnceleme (Ataç in Theatre, A Survey on Theatric Critiques and Essays of
Ataç, 1963), A History of Theatre and
Popular Entertainment in Turkey (1963-64), Türk Köylü Oyunları (Plays on Turkish Villagers, 1964), Tiyatro Terimleri Sözlüğü (The Lexicon
of Theatric Terms, with the contributions of Haldun Taner and Özdemir Nutku,
1966), Chez Les Turces (Home of
Turks, translation from André Antoine, 1965),
Geleneksel Türk Tiyatrosu, Karagöz-Kukla-Orta Oyunu (Traditional Turkish
Theatre: Karagöz - Puppet - Ortaoyun*, 1969),
100 Soruda Türk Tiyatrosu (Turkish Theatre in 100 Questions, 1970), Meşrutiyet Döneminde Türk Tiyatrosu
1908-1923 (Turkish Theatre during the Constitutional Period 1908-1923,
1971), Tanzimat ve İstibdat Döneminde
Türk Tiyatrosu 1839-1908 (Turkish Theatre during Tanzimat* and Monarchy
Period 1839-1908, 1972), Tiyatro Kılavuzu
(A Guide for Theatre, 1973), 50 Yılın
Türk Tiyatrosu (Turkish Theatre of 50 Years, 1973), Oyun ve Büyü, Türk Kültürü'nde Oyun Kavramı (Play and Magic; the
Concept of Play in Turkish Culture, 1974),
Turkish Miniature Painting, The Ottoman Period (1975), Osmanlı Tiyatrosu / Kuruluşu-Gelişimi-Katkısı (The Ottoman
Theatre: Its Establishment, Development and Contributions, 1974; expanded and
amended second edition, 2002), Karagöz /
Turkish Shadow Theatre with an Appendix on the History of Turkish Puppet
Theatre (1995),
REFERENCE: İhsan Işık / Yazarlar Sözlüğü (1990,
1998) - 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 Bilim Adamları (Türkiye
Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 2, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People
(2013), Behçet Necatigil / Edebiyatımızda İsimler Sözlüğü (18. bas. 1999),
Şükran Kurdakul / Şairler ve Yazarlar Sözlüğü (gen. 6. bas. 1999), TBE
Ansiklopedisi (2001), M. Sabri Koz / Eski Kültürümüzün İçinde Dolaşan Bir
Evliya Çelebi: Metin And - Talat Sait Halman / And’ımız Anıtımız - Metin And’ın
Yapıtları - Adnan Binyazar / Ritüelden Drama (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 17.10.2002), Remzi Demir - Doğan Atılgan / DTCF ve
Türkiye’de Beşerî Bilimlerin Yeniden İnşası - Elli Portre (2008).60