Poet and writer (b. 1927, Gürün / Sivas – d. 26 February 1984, Ankara). He attended Niğde Elementary School and graduated from Adana High School for Boys (1948) and Ankara Gazi Institute of Education Department of Literature (1950). He was dismissed from his office as a teacher, which he had started in Göksün (Maraş), for participating in political activities. He was arrested and imprisoned (1951). On his release, he worked as a street letter-writer in Gürün and Sivas, sign and portrait painter and construction worker (1954- 60). He settled in İstanbul in 1960 and then in Ankara. He worked at the review Akis and administered the review Forum for a time (1968- 70). He was charged under article 142 of the Turkish Constitution because of his book Kızılırmak (Kızılırmak) but was acquitted.
Hasan Hüseyin
started to write poems in his youth and his
first poem, Ağustos Şiiri (August
Poem), was published in the review Dost
in 1959. Afterwards, he wrote for the reviews Dost (1959-66), Yelken (1959-64),
Varlık (1960), İmece (1961), Ataç (1962-63),
Yön (1962) and Sosyal Adalet (1963-65). His humorous short stories were also
published in these years. He won the 1964 Yeditepe Poetry Prize with his book Kavel (Shepard’s Pipe), the Turkish
Radio and Television Corporation Art Achievement Award in 1970 with Kızılkuğu (The Red Swan, 1971) and the
Toprak and Nevzat Üstün Poetry Award in 1981 with Filizkıran Fırtınası (The Bud-Breaking Storm, 1981).
WORKS:
POETRY: Kavel (Shepherd’s Pipe, 1963), Temmuz
Bildirisi (The July Announcement, 1965), Kızılırmak (Kızılırmak, 1966), Kızılkuğu
(The Red Swan, 1971), Ağlasun Ayşafağı
(Let the Moon Dawn Weep, 1972), Oğlak
(The Goat, 1972), Acıyı Bal Eyledik
(We Made Sorrow into Honey, 1973), Kelepçenin
Karasında Bir Ak Güvercin (A White Pigeon at the Shame of the Handcuffs,
1974), Koçero Vatan Şairi (Koçero the
Country Poet, 1976), Haziran'da Ölmek Zor
(It’s Hard to Die in June, 1977), Filizkıran
Fırtınası (The Bud-Breaking Storm, 1981), Acılara Tutunmak (Holding On to the Sorrow, 1981), Işıklarla Oynamayın (Do Not Play with
the Lights, 1982), Kandan Kına Yakılmaz (Henna
is not Made From Blood, 1985), Tohumlar
Tuz İçinde (Seeds are in the Salt, 1988).
HUMOROUS STORY: Öhhöö (Cough, 1964), Made in Turkey (1970), Bıyıklar Konuşuyor (Moustaches Speak, 1971), Gülelim de Bilelim (Let’s Laugh So that We Learn, 1973).
