Poet and writer (b. 22 November 1946,
His first poem, Sarhoş ve Gece
(The Drunkard and the Night) was published in the review Yeditepe (February, 1972) and his later works appeared in the
reviews Dergâh, Kıyı, Nar, Edebiyat ve
Eleştiri, Güldiken, Mavi Portakal, İnsancıl, Uç, Agora, Kaşgar, Kül, E, Son
Kişot, Ada, Mor Taka, Adam Sanat, Bahçe, Cumhuriyet Kitap, Yeni Biçem and İnsan. His poem Gecekonduda Ölüm (Death in a
WORKS:
POETRY: Metafizik ve Gülümseme (Metaphysics
and Smile, 1994), Ayna Rubaileri (Rubai*s
on a Mirror, 1995), Kara Zaman Şiirleri (Poems of the Black Days, 2005), İçdeniz
(
ESSAY: Issız İnsan Ormanında (In
the Forest of a Deserted Man, 1999),
Materyalizm ve Ahlâk - Betimsel Bir Etik Denemesi (Materialism and
Morality-A Descriptive Essay of Ethics, 1999).
COLLECTION: Tebessüm,
Sırıtma ve Ötesi: Cioran (Smile, Grin and the Beyond: Cioran, 2005), Mutlu ve Muzdarip: Nietzsche (Happy and
Troubled: Nietzsche, 2005).
DICTIONARY: Varoluşçuluk, Temel Kavramlar (Existentialism,
Basic Concepts, 2005).
In addition, he translated many works by Ömer Hayyam, Nietzsche, Cioran,
Sadi, Mevlana, M. Guérin, J. Derrida, Şeyh Galip, Baki, Nesimi and J. Prévert.