Poet and writer
(b. 1929 – d. 11 February 2004). His
surname was Bıçakçı. He finished primary school in Mardin (Gazipaşa Primary
School) and he finished his secondary education without attending school but
took exams at Kadıköy Kemal Atatürk Secondary School. He discontinued Beyoğlu
High School for Boys. He worked as a controller at the Adana Sümerbank Textile
Factory (1950-59), as a director at Galatasaray High School after he moved to
İstanbul (1959-64), as a chief at the Akbank General Directorate (1964-79) and
then retired. He became the President of
the Kartal District Worker’s Party of Turkey which he was the first member and
founder (1961-68). He is a member of Writers Syndicate of Turkey. He continues
to work in İstanbul.
His first poem,
Gölgeli Dere (Shady Stream) was
published in 20th Asır journal in 1951. His poems were published in journals 20th Asır, Türk Dili, Yelken, Yeni Ufuklar
and in journals of which he was part of the management such as Gerçek Sanat. He received first award at the Neyzen
Tevfik Satire Competition in 1991. With his poem Bitmez Tükenmez İstanbul (Endless and Inexhaustible İstanbul) he
won the Achievement Award at the Gülhane Festival held by the İstanbul
Municipality in 1998. Two court cases brought against his poems, one was
dropped and the other resulted in acquittal.
WORKS:
POETRY: İskeledeki Işık (Light at the Dock,
1958), Bir Sürgün Mavi (An Exile
Blue, 1960), Kum (Sand, 1985), Padişahlar Taşlaması (Satires of the
Sultans, written in verse, humor, 1996), Aşk Kurultayı (Love
Assembly, collected works 2, with interview), Dikenler de Okşanır (Thorns are Also Caressed, poems written
between 1985 and 1995, 1996).
SHORT STORY: Yaşayıp Gitmek (Go Living, 1996).
MEMORY-ESSAY-RESEARCH:
İşçi
Tiyatrosuna Doğru (Towards the Theatre of the
Worker, essays, 1970), Yarın Biz
Konuşacağız (Tomorrow We Will Speak, memories of the Turkish Worker’s
Party, 1989), Başlangıçtan Günümüze Kadın
Romancılarımız (Women Novelists From Past to Present, anthology, 1991), Halk - Sanat İlişkileri (Folk and Art
Relationships, 1996), Sanatta Kişilik
Sorunu (The Individuality Problem in Art, 1996), İçki, Meyhane ve Çilingir Sofrası (Drink, Tavern and a Table Set
With Drinks and a Few Hors D’oeuvres, 1996).
RESEARH: Kadın Romancılarımız - Başlangıçtan Günümüze Kadar 1892-1991 (Women
Novelists-From Past to Present, 1991).
