Müştak Erenus

Poet (b. 1915, Damascus / Syria – d. 4 November 2002, İstanbul). He attended the Italian Elementary School, and the Italian High School for a short time. He continued elementary education at the Haydarpaşa High School (1936) and graduated from İstanbul University, Faculty of Law (1940). He worked as a legal practitioner.

His first poems were published in the review Yeni Yurt, where he was included in the cadre the 1940’s. Later on, his works were published in the reviews Yücel, Yurt, Ufuklar, Şadırvan, Yeditepe, Kaynak, Sanat Emeği, Yazko Edebiyat and in the newspaper Cumhuriyet.

WORKS:

POETRY: Şiirler (Poems, 1965), Ölmeye Vakit Yok (No Time To Die, 1976), Duyuru (Announcement, 1979), Çağırın Gidenleri (Call Those Going, 1987), Sermaye Destanı (The Epic of Capital, 1989), Kalk Geleceğe Oturdun (Stand Up, You are Sitting on the Future, 1991), Önce Umut Vardı (At First, There Was Hope, 1995), Taşlı Yazı  (Writing with Stones, collected poems, 1995).

MEMOIR: Kör Beyazı Sordu (The Blind Asked about White, 1991).