Poet (b. 1904, Uşak - d. 24 February 1946, İstanbul). He attended
Kabataş High School (1924) and the School for Civil Servants (1927). His
surname was previously Gökbelen. He worked as an officer at the Treasury in
Bursa and as a Governor of the districts of Manavgat, Ünye, Şavşat, Artvin and
Edremit. He was appointed as the inspector of the civil service (1938). He was
elected parliamentary deputy for Kütahya (1943). He died of tuberculosis, when
he was still under treatment at Yakacık Sanatorium.
The first poems of Ömer Bedrettin, known as a poet who wrote about the
sea, were published in Millî Mecmua (1925).
With the influence of the natural beauty of Anatolia, where he traveled
extensively in his job, he depicted scenes in sentimental, lyrical poems in
syllabic meter. Brilliant sentiment prevailed in almost all of his poems. His
poems also appeared in reviews such as Hayat
(1929-29), Varlık (1933-41) and Ülkü.
WORKS:
Deniz Sarhoşları (Drunkards of the Sea, 1926; adapted second edition,
1929), Yayla Dumanı (Fog on the
Highlands, 1934; second edition, selected poems, 1945), Sarıkız Mermerleri (The Marble of the Blond Girl, 1940), Bütün Eserleri (All Works, by İnci
Enginün, 1988).