Poet and writer (b. 1937,
His first work was Duygular
Konuşuyor (Feelings Are Talking, 1948) which was a school play with one
scene which he wrote at a very early age. His first poem was published in the
magazine Kaynak (1954). In the
following years, his poems and translations were published in the magazines Pazar Postası, Yelken, Yeditepe, a, Yeni
Dergi and in similar magazines. He was known for his poems in the style of
the “Second New” movement. He was one of the columnists in Radikal Cumartesi.
He received the Turkish Language Association Translation Award with his
translation Mitologya (Mythology) by
Edith Hamilton, 1967 the Yeditepe Poetry Prize with his book İçime Çektiğim
Hava Değil Gökyüzüdür (The Thing I Breath is not Air, It is the Sky, 1966)
and in 1991 the Yunus Nadi Story Award with his book Alleben Öyküleri
(Alleben Stories).
WORKS:
POETRY: Soğuk Otların Altında
(Under the Cold Bushes, 1959), Gök Onları
Yanıltmaz (The Sky does not Surprise Them, 1960), Ezra ile Gary (Ezra and Gary, 1962), Virgülün Başından Geçenler (The Events the Comma Experienced,
1965), İçime Çektiğim Hava Değil Gökyüzü (The Thing I Breath in is not
the Air It is the Sky, 1966), Sıragöller
(Lakes in a Row, 1974), Ne Biliyorum
(What Do I Know, 1979), Seçme Şiirler
(Selected Poems, selections from his poems, 1981), Yanardağın Üstündeki Kuş (The Bird Over the Volcano, collected
poems, 1986), Ben Sana Teşekkür Ederim
(I Thank You, 2003).
SHORT STORY: Alleben Öyküleri
(Alleben Stories, 1991), Günışığı
Hoşçakal (Goodbye Daylight, 2000).
MEMOIR: Alleben Anıları
(Alleben Memories, 1997), Yaşamak
Hatırlamaktır (Living is Remembering, 2002), Bir Gün Ben Tiyatrodayken (One Day While I Was at the Theatre,
2003).
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: Şeytanın Altınları (Gold of the Devil, 1989).
ANTHOLOGY-COLLECTION: Çağdaş Latin Amerika Şiir Antolojisi (Contemporary Latin American Poetry Anthology, 1982), Hoca Nasreddin Der Ki… (Nasreddin Hoca Says…, selection, 1999).