Poet and writer (b. 1961,
His first Turkish work was “Kara Kutu” (The Black Box). He writes symbolic poems and uses
contrasts, dilemmas and paradoxes extensively.
WORKS:
POETRY: Elektrisches
Blau (Electrical Blue, 1983), Verkauf
den Morgenstimmungen am Market (Sales Projections of the Market, 1983), Flammentropfen (Drop of Flame, 1985), Ritual der Jugend (Rites of Youth,
1987), Gençlik Ayinleri (Rites of
Youth, 1994), Das Senkrechte Meer
(The Perpendicular Sea, 1991),
Fernwehanstalten (Institutes for Remote Pain, 1994), Taşa ve Kemiğe Yazılıdır (Written on Stone and Bone, translated by
Menekşe Toprak, 2000), Kara Kutu (The
Black Box, 2004).
ESSAY: Atlas
des tropischen Deutschland (The Map of Tropical Germany, 1992), War Hitler Araber? (Was Hitler Arabian,
with the Turkish name Hitler Arap mıydı,
1997).
SHORT STORY: Der Mann im Unterhemd
(The Man in a Vest, 1995), Atletli Adam
(The Man in a Vest, 1997).
NOVEL: Die Prärie (The Prarie, 1997), Gefährliche Vermandschaft (The Perilous
Kinship, 1998).