Nedret Gürcan

Şair

Doğum
26 Haziran, 1931
Ölüm
02 Eylül, 2019
Burç

Poet and writer (b. 26 June 1931, Dinar / Afyon - d. 2 September 2019, Ankara). He attended the Buca Secondary School (1947). He was a member of the assembly of the Dinar Municipality for twenty three years (vice-mayor for two terms), the provincial chairman of the Republican People’s Party for 14 years, and the president of the Turkish Red Crescent Association. He was engaged in trade in Dinar. He is a member of the Turkish Authors Association.

His first poem was published in the arts supplementary of the newspaper Anadolu (İzmir) in 1948; and his other works were published in the reviews Varlık, Yeditepe, Türk Dili, Şairler Yaprağı, Kervan, Varan, Güney, Kaynak and Pazar Postası. He published a review of arts called Kervan (8 issues) together with Tarık Dursun K., Cengiz Tuncer and Ziya Metin in İzmir in 1950; edited the review Şairler Yaprağı (36 issues) between 1954 and 1957 in Dinar, which was the only poetry review in Turkey those days. Many of today’s famous poets wrote in the review and some of them became famous with their poems published there. Also engaged in publishing books, Gürcan published several works under the name “Şairler Yaprağı Yayınları” (Publications of the Leaf of Poets). 

His articles on policy, economy and earthquake were published in the newspapers Milliyet and Cumhuriyet. He published two political newspapers called Yeni Dostluk (New Friendship) and Vatandaş (Citizen) in Dinar. He was arrested in 1957 for an article he wrote for the review Akis, but was acquitted. He received the Dionysos Poetry Award in 2000.

WORKS:

Poetry: Yaşadıkça Aşk (Love As Long As Lived, 1953), Festival (Festival, 1956), İki Beyaz Çizgi (Two White Lines, 1963), Bulut İndi (The Cloud Landed Down, 1972), Tutkun ve Kırgın (Ambitious and Offended, 1996), Beş Çayı (Five O’clock Tea, 1998).

Memoir: Taşra Öyküleri (Provincial Tales, 2004).

Books About:

Abdullah Şengül / Nedret Gürcan - Taşrada Şiire Tutunmak (2007), Nedret Gürcan’a Edebiyatçı Mektupları -  Yayıma Hazırlayan: Turgut Çeviker (2016).

REFERENCE:  Nurullah Ataç (Türk Dili, sayı: 4, 1954), İrfan Ünver Nasrattınoğlu / Afyonkarahisarlı Şairler-Yazarlar-Hattatlar (1971), İhsan Işık / Yazarlar Sözlüğü (1990, 1998) - Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007), Mehmed Kemal (Cumhuriyet, 10.6.1996), Fakir Baykurt (Evrensel, 9.7.1996), Özel Arabul / Kendi Taşrasında, Kendi Çağında Kendine Sürgün Bir Ozan: Nedret Gürcan (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 23.7.1998), Behçet Necatigil / Edebiyatımızda İsimler Sözlüğü (18. bas. 1999), Şükran Kurdakul / Şairler ve Yazarlar Sözlüğü (6. bas. 1999), Ege’nin Üç Şairi (Salihli Şiir İkindileri XXII, İlkyaz 2000), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), Özdemir İnce (Hürriyet, 11.1.2004), Mustafa Şerif Onaran (Varlık, Nisan 2004), Oktay Akbal / Cumhuriyet (1.1.2004), Ülkü Tamer / Milliyet (4.1.2004), Selim İleri / Cumhuriyet (9.1.2004), Ertuğrul Efeoğlu / Hürriyet Gösteri (Mart 2004), Mustafa Şerif Onaran / Şairler Yaprağı (Varlık, Ekim 2004), Erdem Öztop / Söyleşi (Varlık Kitap, Ağustos 2004), Abdullah Şengül / Nedret Gürcan - Taşrada Şiire Tutunmak (2007), Nedret Gürcan’a Edebiyatçı Mektupları -  Yayıma Hazırlayan: Turgut Çeviker (2016), Yazarımız Nedret Gürcan’ı kaybettik (afyonzafer.net, 02 Eylül 2019), Lozan Sarıoğlu / Nedret Gürcan’ı kaybettik (afyonzafer.net, 02 Eylül 2019).

 

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