Journalist
and writer (b. 1903, İstanbul - d. 1970). He graduated from İstanbul Teacher
Training School (1919) and Sorbonne University, Institute of Psychology (1922).
He served as Turkish Information Manager (1920-22) and Inspector of Education
(1922) in Paris, as a teacher in Trabzon and Ankara High Schools, as Director
of Education in Kocaeli, Bolu and Balıkesir. Also he worked as a director at
the National Performance Academy, the Fine Arts Academy and the Police
Institute.
Egeli,
who served in the clerical office of the One Party Regime, also adapted the
play, Bay Önder (Mr.
Leader) on the wishes of Atatürk while he
was commissioned to edit Mustafa Kemal's Nutuk (Speech). He also made
the film, Ben Bir İnkılap Çocuğuyum (I Am a
Son of the Revolution).
Later on, he worked for the newspaper, Millet
published by Cemal Kutay (1948). He also published the review Haftalık
Gazete. He used Bayan and Hadiye Sayron as pen names in some of his works.
WORKS:
Temsil
Hakkında Bir Konferans (A Conference
on Performance, 1983), Özsoy, Bay Önder (Mr.
Leader, play), Bir Ülkü Yolu (An Ideal Path), Taş Bebek (The Stone Doll, 1934), Haftamızı Oynuyoruz (We
are Performing this Week), Yeni
Ağustos Böcekleri ile Karıncalar (New Cicadas and Ants, 1930), Lady Windermann'ın Yelpazesi (Lady
Windermere’s Fan, translated from Oscar Wilde with the pen name
Bayan, 1939), Yörük Emine (Yörük
Emine, 1946), Adalı Kız (The Island
Girl, with Emin Cenkmen, 1946), Terleyen
Efe (Sweating Hector), Fındık Kurdu (Coquettish Plump Woman,
novel), Atatürk'ün Bilinmeyen Hatıraları (The Unknown Memories of Atatürk.)
In addition, he wrote about three hundred plays and
stories.