Poet (b. 31 May
1951, Konya). He attended Ankara Kubilay Primary School (1963) and graduated
from Akşehir High School (1970) and Ankara University, Faculty of Language,
History and Geography, Department of Russian Language and Literature (1974). He
went to Germany after having worked as a redactor at Sol Publications (1976)
and as a librarian at the National Library (1976-80). He has worked as a
teacher in Berlin since 1980.
His first poem, Sevinin Öyküsü (The Story of Love), was
published in the review Türkiye Yazıları (issue:
7, October 1977) and his later work was published in reviews such as Tarih ve Toplum, Milliyet Sanat, Varlık,
Gösteri, Adam Sanat, Bahçe, Cumhuriyet Kitap, Köken, Oluşum, Türkiye Yazıları
etc. He has translated from Russian. He has published books in German. He won
the 1991 Orhon Murat Arıburnu Poetry Award with his book Düşkuyusu (Dream Well) and the 1996 Ceyhun Atuf Kansu Poetry Award
with his book Taşı Sula (Water the
Stone). Eight of his poetry books have been published. The first volume of his
work Üçyüz Yıldır Türkler Berlin’de
(Turks Have been in Berlin for Three Hundred Years) was published by Ararat
Verlag in Berlin (1983). Gültekin Emre also prepared the Yarım Damla – Almanya’daki Türk Şiiri Antolojisi (Half a Drop –
Anthology of Turkish Poetry in Germany, 1993). He administered the Parantez Şiir review that was
published in seventeen issues (April 1986 – October 1987) and the review Şiir-lik that was published in
fifty-five issues (February 1994 – September 1998).
WORKS:
POETRY: Kurşunî Bir Siperde (In a Gray Shelter,
1980), Bizsiz Gibi (Like Being
Without Us, 1983), Gece Düşleri (Night
Dreams, 1985, Frankfurt), Aşk ve
Minyatürler (Love and Miniatures,
COLLECTION: Yarım Damla / Almanya'daki Türk Şiiri
(Half a Drop – Anthology of Turkish Poetry in Germany, 1993), Türk Edebiyatında Berlin (Berlin in
Turkish Literature, 2003).
His translations have also been
published.
