Oruç Aruoba

Philosopher, translator, poet (b.. 14 July 1948,  Karamürsel / Kocaeli - d. 31 May 2020, Istanbul). He graduated from TED Ankara College and Hacettepe University, master’s degree in Psychology. After completing his doctoral studies in the same university he worked as a lecturer there (1971-1983), and in Tübingen (F. Germany, 1976-1977) and Victoria (N. Zealand, 1981) universities as a visiting lecturer. In the following years, he worked in several media institutions and also worked as a freelance writer and translator.

He made translations from Hume, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, Rilke, Celan and Başo. In his poets, effects of philosophy can clearly be seen. He has published his articles about philosophy and culture in the journals such as Oluşum, Arayış, Mor Köpük, Defter, Varlık, Gösteri and newspapers of Milliyet and Cumhuriyet.

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POETRY: Sayıklamalar (1994), Kesik Esin/tiler (1994), Geç Gelen Ağıtlar (1994), Ol / An (1994), Ne ki Hiç (haiku denemeleri, 1997), Ne-Otuzaltı Tanzaku (1999), Zilif (2002), Doğançay’ın Çınarları (2004).

ESSAY-PHILOSOPHY: David Hume’ un Bilgi Görüşünde Kesinlik (1974), a Short Note on the Selby-Biggi Hume (1976), Nesnenin Bağlantısallığı (19-79), The Hume Kant Read (1988), Tümceler (1990), De ki İşte (1990), Yürüme (1992), Hani (1993), Uzak (1995), Yakın (1997), İle (günce, 1999), Çengelköy Defteri (2001), Olmayalı (2003), Benlik (2005).

TRANSLATION: Tractatus (from Wittgenstein, 1985) – Yan Değiniler (from Wittgenstein, 1999) Sancaktar (from Rilke, 1985), Deccal (from Nietzsche, 1986), Haiku (from Başo 1998), Frag-manlar (from Kant, 2000).

REFERENCE: Behçet Necatigil / Edebiyatımızda İsimler Sözlüğü (18. bas. 1999), Şükran Kurdakul / Şairler ve Yazarlar Sözlüğü (gen. 6. bas. 1999), İbrahim Berksoy / Haiku: Saydam ve Doğal (Virgül, sayı: 18, Nisan 1999), İhsan Işık / Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), Söyleşi (Kuzeyyıldızı, sayı: 5, 2003), Rengin Bingöl / Bir Yazar ve Bir Marka (Virgül, sayı: 58, Ocak 2003).