Poet (b. 1931, Datça / Muğla - d. 12 July
2002, İzmir). His full name was Ece Ayhan Çağlar. He attended the Atikali
Elementary School, the Zeyrek Secondary School, the Atatürk High School for
Boys (1952), and graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political
Sciences (1959). He worked as the governor of the provinces of Gürün, Alaca
(1962-63), Çardak (1965-66); as a proof-reader and an editor at the Sinematek,
at the Encyclopedia of Meydan Larousse and at the E Publications in İstanbul.
He had to go to Switzerland for several times for the operations on his brain
(1976-78). He spent his last days at the Gürçeşme Rest Home of the İzmir
Municipality. He is buried in the village Yalova in Eceabat in Çanakkale.
His first poem was published in the review Türk
Dili in February 1954. His later works were published in the reviews Varlık,
Yenilik (1954-55), Pazar Postası, A and Yeditepe (1955-60). One of the most important names
of the poetry in the Republican era, and particularly of the "Second
New" movement, he has influenced young poets of his generation, and was
read with great interest with his original ideas and criticisms.
WORKS:
POETRY: Kınar Hanım'ın
Denizleri (Seas of Mrs. Kınar,
1959), Bakışsız Bir Kedi Kara (A Black Cat without a Regard, 1965), Ortodoksluklar
(Orthodoxies, 1968), Devlet ve Tabiat ya da Orta İkiden Ayrılan Çocuklar
İçin Şiirler (State and Nature or Poems for Children Leaving School at the
Seventh Grade, 1973), Yort Savul (Yort Savul, all poems, 1977),
Zambaklı Padişah (The Sultan with a Lily, 1981), Çok Eski Adıyladır
(With His Very Old Name, 1982), Çanakkaleli Melahat'a İki El Mektup ya da
Özel Bir Fuhuş Tarihi (Two Letters to Melahat of Çanakkale or A Special
History of Prostitution, in verse and prose, 1991), Son Şiirler (Latest
Poems, 1993), Sivil Şiirler (Civilian Poems, 1993), Bütün Yort
Savullar (All the Yort Savul’s, collected poems, 1994).
INTERVIEW: Hay Hak! Söyleşiler! (Oh My
God! Interviews!, 2002).
OTHER WORKS: Defterler (Notebooks, diary, memoir, 1981; expanded new edition with the title “Yeni Defterler”-New Notebooks, 1984; expanded edition of the two books with the title “Başıbozuk Günceler”-Irregular Diaries, 1993), Yalnız Kardeşçe (Only Brotherly, interview, 1984), Kolsuz Bir Hattat (A Calligrapher without an Arm, conversations on poetry, 1987), Şiirin Bir Altın Çağı (A Golden Age of Poetry, essays on poetry, 1993), Sivil Şiirler (Civilian Poems, in verse and prose, 1993), Aynalı Denemeler ya da Yalınayak Bir Türkçeyledir (Essays with a Mirror or It Is in Barefoot Turkish, 1995), Dipyazılar (Footnotes, edited by Ceyda Akaş, 1996), Morötesi Requiem Ağzıbozuk Bir Minyatür (Ultraviolet Requiem A Swearing Miniature, 1997), Sivil Denemeler Kara (Civilian Essays Black, 1998), Bir Şiirin Bakır Çağı (Copper Age of A Poetry, 2002).
