Osman Attila

Poet (B. 1922, Afyonkarahisar- D. April 20, 1978, Ankara). He graduated from Gedik Ahmet Pasha Primary School and Afyon High School (1946) then he worked in Taşpınar magazine which was published by Afyon Halkevi, in Ülkü magazine which was the media organ of Halkevleri Headquarters in Ankara where he moved in 1939 and in Ankara University Press Management. For sixteen years, he worked as secretary of Türk Dili magazine which was the media organ of Turkish Linguistic Association.

He was elected as Justice Party Afyonkarahisar deputy at TGNA in 1965 general elections. He could not get into the list during the next elections. He worked as consultant in various ministries. He was assigned as consultant in Ministry of Industry and technology in 1969. Later he started to work as press consultant of Ministry of Culture. He internalized the Saz poet’s style and published his poems and articles about folklore in Ülkü, Yücel, Çağır, Türk Dili, Hisar, Çağrı magazines. He donated his library to Afyon Gedik Ahmet Pasha Library. His body was carried to Afyonkarahisar and buried to Asri Cemetery.

He is known with his line about his townsmen:

“Everyone thinks that I in Ankara,

But even a roof collapses in Afyon, my heart tears up!”

WORKS:

POETRY: İnaz Köyü Eğitmeni Hasan Koçak’ın Türküsü (1945), Sabahleyin (1950), Gözlerimin Söylettiği (1975), Güpegündüz, Baştanbaşa.

ANTHOLOGY: Memleket Şiirleri Antolojisi (1950), Türk Kahramanlık Şiirleri (1967).

RESEARCH-COMPILATION: Afyon Karahisar Türküleri (1957), Atatürk 30 Ağustos’u Anlatıyor, Afyon’un Hazineleri (unpublished).

REFERENCE: Hikmet Dizdaroğlu / Sabahleyin (Hisar, sayı: 4, Haziran 1950), Afşin Oktay - Kemal Bağlum / Biyografiler Ansiklopedisi (1959), İrfan Ünver Nasrattınoğlu / Afyonkarahisarlı Şairler, Yazarlar,  Hattatlar (1971), Mehmet Kaplan / Cumhuriyet Devri Türk Şiiri (1973, s. 458-464), 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), Fahri Ersavaş / Tanzimat’tan Bu Yana Hamâsî Türk Şiiri Antolojisi (1997), İrfan Ünver Nasrattınoğlu – Mehmet Sarlık / 75 Yılda Yöneticilerimiz (1998), Behçet Necatigil / Edebiyatımızda İsimler Sözlüğü (18. bas. 1999), Şükran Kurdakul / Şairler ve Yazarlar Sözlüğü (gen. 6. bas. 1999), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), Halil Soyuer / Şair Dostlarım (2004), Mehmet Atilla Maraş / 22. Dönem Şair Milletvekilleri 1 - 22. Dönem 1920-2005 (2005), TBMM Albümü 2. Cilt 1950-1980 (2010