Poet, children’s literature writer (b. 2 January 1955, Uğurlu village /
Of /
He studied as a lecturer of copywriting at
His first poem was published in the magazine Pınar in 1976. His poems and essays were published in the magazines
of Pınar (1976), Nesil, Gerçek, Küçük Dergi, Kültür ve Sanat, Hisar, Türk Edebiyatı,
Yönelişler, Argos, Mavera, Yedi İklim, Diriliş, Kaşgar and Dergâh. He has done research on mass communication devices and
cultural change. He has concentrated on children’s literature since 1979. He
published the Children’s Literature Almanac for three years starting in 1987.
He received the Historical Heritage Protection
Foundation Encouragement Award at the Hegira Poetry Competition (1979), the
Kayseri Artists Association Award for Children’s Literature (1983), the
Children’s Literature Award from the Writers Union of Turkey (1984). With the
series called “Our Children’s Literature from Yesterday to Today” which
contained 39 radio programs he received the Historical Heritage Protection
Foundation and the Journalists Association of Turkey Radio Program Award
(1986); with the TV children’s program Gülücük
(The Smile), he received the 1986 Award of the Historical Heritage Protection
Foundation (with Ekrem Oymak); with the book Kuş Ağacı (Bird’s Tree), he won the UNESCO Asia Culture Center
Illustrated Children’s Book Award in 1992 (with Dr. Nazan Erkmen). Some of his
books have been translated into Romanian and Macedonian. His poems have been
composed as children songs.
WORKS:
FAIRY-TALE: Masal Mektuplar
(Fairytale letters, 1983), Altın
Kiremitli Saray (A Palace Made Of Golden Tiles, 1983), Leyleğin Aklı (Mind of the Stork, 1983), Bilgi Ağacı (Information Tree, 1983), Yüzük Taşı (Ring Stone, 1983), Kar
Altında Bir Kelebek (A Butterfly Under the Snow, 1988), Guguklu Saatin Kumrusu (Dove of the
Cuckoo Clock, 1989), Keloğlan’ın Oyunu
(Keloğlan’s Game, 1992), Bülbül ile
Leylek (The Nightingale and the Stork, 1992), Aslankuş (Lion Bird, 1992), Her Çocuğun Bir Yıldızı Var (Each Child Has a Star), Mavi Rüyalar Gören Çocuk (The Child Who
Has Blue Dreams), Aşk Olsun Çocuğum Aşk
Olsun (Well-done My Child, Well-done!), Geceleri
Çalan Kedi (The Cat Who Plays the Harmonica at Night), Dünyaya Gülen Adam (The Man Smiling at the World), Bir Şemsiyem Olsa Kuşlardan (I Wish I Had an Umbrella Made of Birds).
CHILDREN’S POETRY: Gökyüzü
Çiçekleri (Sky Flowers, 1983), Bebeğin
Duası (The Prayer of a Baby, 1985), Çocuk
Kalbimdeki Kuş (The Bird in My Childish Heart, 1991), Yıldız Sayan Ağaç (The Tree Counting the Stars, 2002).
CHILDREN’S STORY: Her Çocuğun Bir
Yıldızı Var (Each Child Has a Star, 1993).
ESSAY: Çocuk Yüzlü Yazılar
(Children’s Faces in Writing, 1998).
POETRY: Rüya Saati (Dream
Clock, 1998).
RESEARCH: Yayıncılık
Televizyon Çocuk ve Aile (Broadcasting Television, Children and the Family,
1988), Çocukluğun Kozası (The Cocoon
of Childhood, 1998), Gösteri Çağı Çocukları (Children at the Age of
Demonstration, 1989), Masal Atlası
(Fairytale Map, 1998), Kuşatılmış
Çocukluğun Öyküsü (The Story of a Surrounded Childhood, 1999), Çocuk Edebiyatı (Children’s Literature, 2002).
SPEECH: Çocuğa
Adanmış Konuşmalar
(Conversations Devoted to Children, 1998).
ANTHOLOGY-ANNUAL: Masal Çocuk (Dream Child, 1984), Çocuk Edebiyatı Yıllığı (Annual of Children’s Literature, 1987,1988,1989),
Kaf Dağındaki Uçurtma (The Kite Over
the Fabulous Mountain, 1990), Ninni
Bebeğim Ninni (Lullaby For My Baby, lullaby and lullaby poem anthology,
1996), Bir Varmış Bir Yokmuş (Once
Upon A Time, 1998).
JOURNAL: Hayat Gibi (Like
Life).