Poet (B. 22nd
August 1926, Tarsus / İçel – D. 4th November 1984, Istanbul. He used
also Ekrani as a pen name. He graduated from Eskişehir Trade High School. He
worked in several banks and newspapers. He retired from the vice-principal of
public relations in Turkiye İş Bank in 1977. He administered his art gallery
which he named after himself.
He started to
win fame with the poems he started to write in 1940. He mostly wrote poems on
love, separation and longing. His poems, some of which were composed, were
collected in more than thirty books. He published his poems criticizing current
issues in humor magazines and newspapers. In 1961, he tried to commit suicide
for three times. In 1973, the day his son Vedat committed suicide, was a
milestone for him. He wrote the poem, İntihara Yergi. He started to write more concise poems and wrote quatrain poems
in prosody dimension. Along
with poetry books, he wrote four prose works also. He compiled thirteen
anthologies. His poetry books has been mass-printed many times.
WORKS:
POEMS:
İnsanoğlu (1947), Deniz Musikisi (1947), Dillere Destan
(1954), Dolmuş (1955), Aşkımızın Son Çarşambası (1955), Bir
Daha Ölmek (1956), Kör Ayna (1957), İki Kişiye Bir Dünya (1957),
Beni Unutma (1959), Karanlığın Gözleri (1960), Akıllı
Maymunlar (1960), Seninle Ölmek İstiyorum (1960), Üstüme Varma
İstanbul (1961), Sahibini Arayan Mektuplar (1961), Yeni Dünya
Rekora (1961), Sevenler Ölmez (1962), Çigan Gözler (1962), Ötesi
Yok (1963), Hüzün Şarkıları (1964), Bir Gün Anlarsın (1965), Sadrazamın
Sol Kulağı (1965), Mihriban’a Şiirler (1965), Taşlar ve Başlar (1966),
Seni Sevmek (1966), İnşallahla Maşallahlar (1966), Toprak
Olana Kadar (1968), Göbek Davası (1968), Ben Seni Sevdim mi
(1968), Halktan Yana (1969), Aşk mıydı O (1969), Önce Sen
Sonra Ben (1971), Rubailer (1972), Yalan Bitti (1975), Acılar
Denizi (1977), En Eski Yalnızlığımdır Aşk Benim (1978), Dikiz
Aynası (1982), Şiirle Kırk Yıl (1982), Yüzyıl Yanarım Yanmayı
Öğrendimse (1983), Şiir Denizi I-II (2003).
ANTHOLOGY
(With Tarık Dursun K.): Şiirimizde Aşk ve Kadın, Şiirimizde Ölüm, Şiirimizde
İstanbul, Şiirimizde Ayrılık, Şiirimizde Taşlama (1962).