Muhsine Helimoğlu

Halk Bilimci (Folklor Araştırmacısı), Yazar

Doğum
15 Ocak, 1950
Eğitim
Ankara University Faculty of Language History and Geography Department of Turkology
Burç
Diğer İsimler
Muhsine Helimoğlu Yavuz

Folklorist and writer (b. 15 January 1950, in Ereğli, Konya). He attended Ayrancı Primary School (1961) and graduated from Ankara Advanced Teacher Training School, Preparation High School (1967), Ankara University Faculty of Language, History and Geography Department of Turkology (1972). His master’s thesis was on “Legends” and doctorate thesis on “Tales”. He served as a faculty member at Dicle (1982-90) and Bilkent (1990-98) Universities. Besides this, he was a guest lecturer in Baku (1991) and Warsaw Universities. After 1998, he has worked as a faculty member in Mimar Sinan University, Faculty of Arts-Science.

His works have appeared in the newspapers Cumhuriyet, Siyah Beyaz and the reviews Kültür-Sanat, Kıyı, Ziya Gökâlp, Folklor Edebiyat, etc. since 1968. With his work, Diyarbakır Efsaneleri (Diyarbakır Legends) he won the Sweden-Stockholm University Culture House Research Award, the İnönü University Legend Compilation Award, the Faculty of Language, History and Geography Lullaby Collection Award, the Troy Folklore Association Pertev Naili Boratav Folk Award in 1998 and the Services to Culture Service from Diyarbakır Municipality and Chamber of Industry. He is a member of the PEN Writers Association, the Children’s Publishing Association and the Anatolian Club. His play titled Silvanlı Kadınlar (Women of Silvan) was staged by İstanbul City Theatres in 1998.

WORKS:

RESEARCH: Diyarbakır Efsaneleri (Diyarbakır Legends, 2 volumes, 1989), Azerbaycan Halk Edebiyatı ile Türkiye Halk Edebiyatı Arasındaki Benzerlikler - Karşılaştırmalı Örnekleriyle (The Simila–rities Between Azerbaijan Folkloric Literature and Turkey Folkloric Literature – With Comparative Examples, 1991), Kim Uyur Kim Uyanık (Who Sleeps, Who Is Awake, 1992), Masallar (Tales, 1992), Şahmaran (Chief of the Snakes, 1994), Masalların Eğitimsel İşlevleri (The Pedagogic Functions of Tales, 1996), Halk Bilimi ve Edebiyat Yazıları (Folklore and Literary Texts, 2000).

ESSAY: Arada Bir (Sometimes, 1994), Düş Düşün ve Gerçek (Dream, Thought and Reality, 1998).

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