Poet and writer (b. 28 June 1952, Eskişehir). He is the son of the
solider and politician Muhsin Batur. He completed his secondary education in
Ankara and İstanbul and began his higher education at the Middle East Technical
University and graduated from Sorbonne University in Paris (1973).
He worked at Milliyet Publishing for some time and was also a manager at
Yapı Kredi Publications.
Since 1970 his poems, essays and critiques have been published in the
newspaper Ulus and in the journals Yeni Dergi, Türk Dili, Soyut, Somut, Yazı (publisher, 1978-80), Oluşum (director, 1980), Çağdaş Eleştiri and Gergedan (director, 1987). He won the Turkish Language Association
1980 Essay Award with his book Şiir ve
İdeoloji (Poem and Ideology). He has
worked as an editor at Yapı Kredi Publications.
WORKS:
POETRY: Eros ve Hgades (Eros
and Hgades, 1973), Bir Ortaçağ Yalnızlığı
(A Middle-Aged Loneliness, 1973), Nil (The
Nile, 1975), AraKitab (Intermediate
Book, 1976), İblise Göre İncil (The
Bible According to Devil, 1979), Kandil (One
Of Five Islamic Holy Nights, 1981), Meseller
Kitabı (Book of Proverbs, 1981), Tuğralar
(The Sultan’s Monogram, 1985), Sarnıç
(Cistern, 1985), Gri Divan (Grey
Divan, 1990), Koma Provaları (Coma
Rehearsals, 1990), Perişey (Fairy
Thing, 1992), Yazılar ve Tuğralar
(Articles and Sultan Motifs, collected poems, 1973-87, 1987), Darb ve Mesel (Proverb, 1995), Taşrada Ölüm Dirim Hazırlıkları (Preparations
of Death and Life in the Provinces, 1995), Opera
I (Opera I, 1996), Doğu-Batı Dîvanı (Divan*
of East-West,1997), Sütte Ne Çok Kan (So
Much Blood in Milk, 1998), Kanat
Hareketleri (Wing Movements, 2000), Papirüs
Mürekkep Tüy - Seçme Şiirler 1973-2002 (Papyrus Ink Feather, Selected Poems
1973-2002, 2002), Ağırlaştırıcı Sebepler Dîvanı (Divan* of Making Reasons Harder, 2003), Abdal Düşü (Dream of a Wandering
Dervish, 2003).
ESSAY-REVIEW: Ayna (Mirror,
1977), Şiir ve İdeoloji (Poem and
Ideology, 1979), Tahta Troya (Wooden
Troy, 1981), Alternatif Aydın
(Alternative Intellectual, 1985), E/Babil
Yazıları (E/ Articles of Babel, 1986), Bu
Kalem Bukalemun (This Pen is a Chameleon, 1986), Otuz Kuş Birden Olmak (Being Thirty Birds in One, 1986), Estetik Ütopya (Esthetic Utopia, 1987), Belki (Perhaps, 1987), İki'z (Twin Track, 1988), Eşittir Sonsuz (Equal to Infinity,
1989), Kediler Krallara Bakabilir (Cats
Can Look At Kings, 1990), Gönderen: Enis
Batur (Sender: Enis Batur, 1991), Başkalaşımlar
I-X (Metamorphosis I-X, articles between 1975 and 1990, 1992), Hatay'da Bir Rolls Royce (A Rolls Royce
in Hatay, 1992), Söz'lük (Dictionary,
1992), Küçük Kıpırtı Tarihi (History
of a Little Quick Movement, 1992), Perec
Kullanma Kılavuzu (User Guide for Perec, 1993), Yazının Ucu (Tip of Writing, 1993), Kırkpare (Forty Pieces, 1993), Gesualdo
(Gesualdo, 1993), Ondört + X + 4
Deneysel Metin (Fourteen+ X+ 4 Experimental Text, 1994), İstanbul İçin Şehrengiz (City Book for
İstanbul, 1994), Üç İzmir (Three
İzmirs, 1994), Ankara Ankara (Ankara,
Ankara, 1994), Saatsiz Maarif Takvimi (Educational
Calendar without Time, 1995), Modernlerin
Gecesi (Modern Night, 1995), E/Babil
(E/Babel 1997), Seyrûsefer Defteri
(Travel Notebook, 1997), Bu Kalem Melûn (This
Pencil is Cursed, 1997), Frenhoferolmak (Being
Frenhofer, 1997), Aciz Çağ,
Faltaşları (Helplessness Age,
Fortune Stones, 1998), Türkiye'nin Üçlemi
(The Three Ways of Turkey, 1998), Kurşunkalem
Portreler (Portrait with Pencil, 1999), Su,
Tüyün Üzerinde Bekler (Water, Waits on the Surface of a Feather, 1999), Fatma Tülin-Bir (İki) Sergi Öncesinden Tablolar (Fatma
Tülin-Paintings Before An (Two) Expedition(s), 1999), İlhan Berk / Mağara Ressamı, Sapkın Nakkaş, Nâmahrem Kalem (İlhan
Berk / Cave Painter, Perverted Muralist, Obscene Pencil, 2000), Başkalaşımlar XI-XX (Metamorphosis
XI-XX, articles between 1990 and 2000, 2000), Defter (Notebook, 2001), Smokinli
Berduş (Vagabond in a Tuxedo ,2001), Yazboz
(Write Ruin, 2001), Patates (Potato,
2003), Okuma Lambası (Reading Light, 2004), Bu Kalem
Un(ufak)(This Pencil is Useless, 2004), İmgeleri
Kim Dinler? (Who Listens to Images?, 2004).
NOVEL: Acı Bilgi - Fugue Sanatı Üzerine
Bir Roman Denemesi (Bad Information-A Novel Experiment on Fugue Art, 2000),
Elma-Örgü Teknikleri Üzerine Bir Roman
Denemesi (Apple-A Novel Experiment on Knitting Techniques, 2001), Bir
Varmış Bir Okmuş: Sözümona Düzmece Bir Wilhelm Tell Hikâyesi (Once Upon A Time: Lets
Tell A Made Up Story of Wilhelm Tell, 2002), Kravat (Tie, 2003), Mürekkep
Zaman (Ink
Time, 2004).
SHORT STORY: Patates (Potato, 2004).
ANTHOLOGY: Kara Mizah Antolojisi (Anthology
of Black Humor, 1987), Modern Dünya
Edebiyatı Antolojisi (Anthology of Modern World Literature, 1988), Gütenberg
Gökadasına Gezi (Travel to the Sky Island of Gutenberg, 1992), Unutulmuş Şiirler Antolojisi (Anthology
of Forgotten Poems, 1994), Modernizmin
Serüveni: Bir "Temel Metinler" Seçkisi 1840-1990 (Adventure of
Modernism: An Anthology of “Basic Texts” 1840-1990, 1997), Râbia
Hâtun: "Tuhaf Bir Kıyâmet" + 41 Şiir (Râbia Hatun: “A Strange Doomsday”
+ 41 Poems, 2000),
Sahici Trenler İçin Oyuncak Kitap
(A
Toy Book For Real Trains, 2003).
TRAVEL
LITERATURE-JOURNAL: Yolcu (Traveler,
1996), İki Deniz Arası Siyah Topraklar (Black
Earth Between Two Seas, 1996), Issız
Dönme Dolap (Lonely Revolving Cupboard, 1998), Amerika Büyük Bir şaka, Sevgili Frank, Ama Ona Ne Kadar Gülebiliriz?
New York Seyahati (America is a Big Joke, Dear Frank, But How Much Can We
Laugh at It?, New York Travel, 1999), Kum
Saatinden Harfler: Sokulgan Okur İçin İçbükeyler (Letters from the Hour
Glass: Concaves For the Sociable Reader, 2001), Başka Yollar (Other Roads, 2002), Şehren'is (The City of Enis, word game, 2002), İki Deniz Arası Siyah Topraklar (Black Earth Between Two Cities,
2002), Bekçi (Watchman, 2003), Paris Ecekent (Paris Ecekent, 2003), Mazruf (Enveloped,
2004).