Poet and writer (b. 21
October 1950, Ulukışla / Niğde). After attending primary school in his village
(1965), he graduated from Niğde High School (1970). He left faculty of
management when he was at third class and attended Press and Public Relations
College from which he graduated in 1998. Since 1973 he worked as civil servant,
technician, trade unionist, editor in formal and private organizations. He
worked as columnist and travel literature writer at Bizim Gazete and Doğan News
Agency since 1994. He is a member of the Writers Syndicate of Turkey and
Turkish Authors Associaton.
WORKS:
Poetry: Gökkuşağı Tarlası (Rainbow
Field, 1990), Yeni Zamanlar Dervişi (Saint of the New Times, 1994), Sevginin
Uçları (Ends of the Love, 1995), Kanayan Türkü (The Bleeding Folk Song, 1995),
Dudak İzi (Lipprint, 1998), Yitik Zaman Işığı (Light of the Lost Time, 2003).
Research-Crıtıque: Sendikal
Kriz ve Endüstriyel Demokrasi (Trade Unional Crisis and Industrial Democracy,
1993), Şiir Dünyası (World of Poetry, 1996), Okudukça-Portreler 1 (As
Read-Portraits 1, 1996), Yazdıkça-Portreler 2 (As Write-Portraits 2, 1999),
Çin’den Maçin’e Kına Gecesi Türküleri (Folk Songs of Kına Gecesi from China to
Machin, 2000), Mübadele / Nüfus Değişimi Acısı (Exchange / Pain of Population
Exchange, 2000).
Memoir-Travel Literature: Küba Uzak
Değil (Cuban is not Far away, 1997), Leyleği Havada Gördüm (I Saw the Stork in
the Sky, 2000).
Anthology: Çağdaş Öykü Antolojisi
(Contemporary Short Story Anthology, 2000).
REFERENCE: Onat Kutlar / Dursun Hiç
Durmasın (Cumhuriyet, 1993), Salah Birsel / Maydanozsuz Şiirler (Türk Dili
Dergisi, 1997), Osman Numan Baranus / Yörük Şiirleri (Papirüs, 1999), Osman
Nuri Poyrazoğlu / Kitap Kitap Şiir Gelir Bizlere (2000), TBE Ansiklopedisi (c.
2, 2001), İhsan
Işık / Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli
Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, 2007).