Cemal Safi

Güfte Yazarı, Şair

Ölüm
18 Nisan, 2018

Poet and lyric writer (b. 1938, Samsun - d. 18 April 2018). He completed primary and high education in Samsun. He has lived in Ankara since 1959. He is known for his poems that were set to music. His first poem was set to music by Orhan Gencebay and his other poems by well-known composers. He was chosen as Artist of the Year in 1989 and collected the top award in competitions organized by Hürriyet and Milliyet newspapers and the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation with his poem set to music called Rüyalarım Olmasa (İmkansız) (If I Don’t Have a Dream (Impossible)). In 1990 he collected the same awards for 1989 with Vurgun (In Love) set to music by Selçuk Tekay. Up to now, approximately 200 of his poems have been set to music. His first poem cassette was released in 1991. Some of his poems were translated in Romanian.

WORKS (Poem):

Sende Kalmış (It’s Up to You, 1997), Kıyamete Kırk Kala (Forty till Doomsday, 2002), Vurgun (In Love). 

REFERENCE: Hüseyin Yurdabak / Şiirle Yaşayanlar Antolojisi (2002), Mehmet Barlas / Cemâl Sâfi’nin Şiirleri (Sabah gazetesi, 22.1.2004), Haşmet Babaoğlu / İçimiz Ürperiyor Ya Firûze Evde Yoksa (Vatan Gazetesi, 1.3.2004), Nergis Demirkaya / Röportaj (Sabah gazetesi Ankara eki, 6.12.2004), Emre Aköz / Ya Evde Yoksan (Sabah gazetesi, 25.2.2005), İhsan Işık / Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2. bas., 2009), Usta şair Cemal Safi vefat etti! (haberturk.com, 18.04.2018).

 

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