Writer (b. 20 September 1948,
İstanbul). He studied naval engineering and machine engineering at Michigan
University in the United States after having graduated from Naval High School
and Naval College (1969). In 1988 he left the Navy after having worked as a
certified naval engineer.
His first short stories were published
in literature reviews in 1969. He became one of the writers of the humor review
Akbaba when he won the Yusuf Ziya
Ortaç Award with his one-act play Dünya
Dönüyor (The World Spins). He also wrote for the newspapers Milliyet and Cumhuriyet as well as Akbaba.
Some of his stories have been translated into foreign languages. He continued
writing professionally until his retirement in 1988.
He came third at the Milliyet
Publications Novel Award in 1979 with his first novel Korugan (The Hangar). He won the Madaralı Novel Award in 1983 with
his novel Kiracı (The Tenant), the
Sabahattin Ali Short Story Award in 1983 with Vidalar (The Screws) and came first at the Ministry of Culture
Children’s Literature Awards in 1979 with Yeşil
Bayır (The Green Slope). He won the Yunus Nadi Short Story Award with Aynalar (The Mirrors) in 1994 and the İş
Bankası Grand Award with Kirpi (The
Hedgehog) in 1996.
WORKS:
NOVEL: Korugan (The Hangar, 1975), Geç
Başlayan Yargılama (A Late Judgment, 1981), Kiracı (The Tenant, 1982), Teslim
Ol Küçük (Surrender Little One, 1988), Truva
Katırı (The Mule of Troy, 1991), Kirpi
(The Hedgehog, 1997).
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: Yeşil Bayır (The Green Slope), Kestane Şekeri (Candied Chestnut), Gülyüzlü Tarlalar (1980), Neyin Resmini Yapayım (What Shall I
Paint?, 1989), Küçük Çalgıcılar (Little
Musician, 1989), Arkadaşım Dede (Grand
Father My Friend), Üçüncü Kattaki At
(The Horse on the Third Floor), Hayvanlar
Alfabesi (The Animal’s Alphabet), Her
Şeyi Bilen (The One Who Knows Everything, 2002), Çocuk Kestane Şekeri (Children’s Candied Chestnuts, 2002).
SHORT STORY: Vidalar
(The Screws, 1983), Aynalar (The
Mirrors, 1994).
RESEARCH: Yergi, Nükte ve Fıkralarıyla Yusuf Ziya Ortaç (Yusuf Ziya Ortaç
with His Satires, Epigrams and Anecdotes, 1983), İçimizdeki Yasakçı (The Forbidder Inside Us, 1990).
ESSAY: Balığın Şarkısı (The Song of the Fish, 1990), Habis'in Serüvenleri (Adventures of Habis, 1997).
PLAY: Dünya Dönüyor (The World Spins).
TV SERIES: Süper Baba (Super Father),
Külyutmaz (The Cunning), İkinci Bahar
(Second Spring).
