Poet (b. 1935, İstanbul - d. 30 June
2009, İstanbul). He graduated from I
From 1951 his poems and from 1952 his short stories were published in
the reviews, Kaynak, Seçilmiş Hikâyeler, a, Şiir Sanatı, Yeni Dergi, Yeni
Edebiyat, Yeni a and Milliyet-Sanat. He published the review Şiir
Sanatı (1966-68, 20 issues). He was among the founders and writers of the
review Yeni a Dergisi that he and his friends started to republish in
1972. He focused on political and current events in the poems he wrote when he
was part of the literary movement “Second New”. He collected the Turkish
Language Association 1976 Poetry Award with his book, Sen de Katılmalısın Yaşamı Savunmaya (You Must Join to Defence the
Life, too), the Ömer Faruk Toprak Poetry Award in 1982 with his work, Kimlikleriniz Lütfen (Your Papers Please), the 1991 Yunus
Nadi Poetry Award with his book İnsan
Yüzünün Tarihinden Bir Cümle (A Sentence from the History of Man’s Face),
the 1993 Ferit Oğuz Bayır Philosophy and Art Award with his book Bir Adı Gurbet (Exile is Its Other
Name), the 1999 Damar Review Literature Work Award, the 2000 Troy
Culture and Art Award and the 2001 Dionysus Poetry Award. He published the
poetry anthology prepared by Asım Bezirci, Dünden
Bugüne Türk Şiiri (Turkish
Poetry From Past to Present) by extending it to 5 volumes.
The poems he wrote in his first and third books with a new point of view
and consequently with a new artistic point of view after he was involved in the
movement “Second New” had various results. He aimed at reflecting social and
political events and the reactions, emotions and attitudes of people against
these events in a period that can be defined as socialist realism. This trend
that is dominant in the 4 books he published between 1970-80 reached new
dimensions and while his general attitude didn’t change, his area of interest
spread. Several themes in his work can be seen, Araya Giren Görüntüler (Interfering Images), psychological witness
and questioning; in Sınırlamıyor Beni
Sevda (Love Does Not Confine Me), sociological comment on love; in Bir Adı
Gurbet (Exile is Its Other Name), the
problem of identity and the destiny of people who have been oppressed and have
suffered; in Oğulları Öldürülen Analar
(Mothers Whose Sons were Killed), the sociological accumulation of what mothers
experienced because of their sons’ deaths and in Onların Sesleriyle Bir Kez
Daha (Once More with Their Voices),
the re-telling of pain following an severe period of restriction.
WORKS:
POETRY: Gül Yordamı (The Way
of the Rose, 1959), Ölü Bir Yaz (A
Dead Summer, 1960), Tutsak Kan
(Captive Blood, 1963), Kavganın Yüreği (Heart of Strife, 1973), Yaşadığımız Günlerin Şiirleri (Poems of
the Days We Lived, 1974), Sen de
Katılmalısın Yaşamı Savunmaya
(You Must Join to Defence the Life, too, 1975), Geceye Karşı Söylenmiştir (That Which was Said Against the Night,
1978), Kimlikleriniz Lütfen (Your
Papers Please, 1981), Araya Giren Görüntüler (Interfering Images, 1983),
Çağdaş ve Boyun Eğmeyen (Modern and Submissive, selections from his
poems, 1985), İnsan Yüzünün Tarihinden
Bir Cümle (A Sentence from the
History of Man’s Face, 1990), Bir Adı
Gurbet (Exile is its Other Name, 1993), Oğulları
Öldürülen Analar (Mothers Whose Sons Were Killed, 1995), Şiirlerden Bir Gökkuşağı (A Rainbow from
Poems, poetry cassette, 1996), Onların
Sesleriyle Bir Kez Daha (Once More
with Their Voices, 1999), XX. Yüzyıldan
Duvar Kabartmaları 1 (Wall Embossing
from the XX. Century 1): Bütün Şiirleri
(All His Poems (1959-1981), 2000), XX.
Yüzyıldan Duvar Kabartmaları 2 (Wall Embossing from the XX. Century 2): Bütün Şiirleri 2 (All His Poems 2,
1983-1999 (2000)), Birlikte
(Together), Aynı Ateşten Geçerek
(Going Through the Same Fire, selections from his poems, 2003), Sevdalı Buluşma (Love Meeting, 2005).
SHORT STORY: Baba ile Kız
(Father and Daughter, 1999).
ESSAY: Umut Edebiyatı 7 Canlıdır
(Hope Literature Has Seven Lives, 1992), Acı
Şölen (The Sorrowful Feast, 1992), Gün
Olur Söze Yazılır (One Day It is Written on the Word, 1992), Yaşadığımız Günlerin Yazıları (Writing
of the Days We Lived, 1996), Benim
Ellerimi Al, Benim Gözlerimi Kullan (Take My Hands, Use My Eyes, 1999), Şiiri Sorgulayan Yazılar (Writing that
Interrogates Poetry, 2000), Bendeki
Görüntüler (Images I Had, 2000).
MEMOIR: İkinci Yeniden Toplumcu
Şiire (From “Second New” to Socialist Poetry, 1999).
TRAVEL LITERATURE: Güldeki Şafak (Dawn
on the Rose, notes on Bulgaria, 1979), Düşmanı
Kardeş Yapmak (Counting the Enemy as a Brother, 1994).
JOURNAL: Tanık Günler 1
(Witness Days 1, 1993), Tanık Günler 2 (Witness
Days 2, 1994), Gölgeden Güneşe (From
Shadow to Sun, 1999).
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: Nasreddin
Hoca (Nasredin Hoca, 1975), Tatil
Köyünün Çocukları (Children of
the Vacation Village, 1981), Trenler Ne
Güzeldir (Trains are Very Nice, 1983), Dünya
Onlarla Daha Güzel (With Them the World is Nicer, 1992), Şiirlerle Ezop Masalları (Aesop’s Tales
with Poems, 1993), Çiçek Dürbünü
(Flower Binoculars, 1994), Şiirlerle
Andersen Masalları (Hans Christian Andersen Tales with Poems, 1995), Sinemayı Seven Çocuk (The Child Who
Likes Cinema, 1997), Sorulardan Bir
Gökkuşağı (A Rainbow from Questions, 1999), Güneş Arkasına Baktı (The Sun Looked Back, 2000).
ANTHOLOGY: Soruların
Gündeminde (In the Agenda of
Questions, 1995), Oradaydım Diyebilmek
(Being Able to Say that I was There, 1995), Eleştirilerin
Gündeminde (In the Agenda of Critics, 1999), Sanatçılarla Yazışmalar 1 (Correspondence with Artists I, 1999), 45. Sanat Yılında (In the 45th
Year of Art, 2000).
INTERVIEW: Sanatçılarla
Konuşmalar (Conversations
with Artists, 1979).
ANTHOLOGY: Şiirlerle İstanbul
(İstanbul with Poems, 1992), 100 Şiir
(100 Poems, 1995), Dünden Bugüne Türk
Şiiri (Turkish Poetry from Past to Present, 5 Volumes; 1- Folk Poetry
2-Divan* Poetry, 3-New Poetry, 4-New Poetry, 5-New Poetry; with Asım Bezirci,
2002).
In addition he has translated works.
