Poet (b. 1957, Gazioğlu /
Tekirdağ). After graduating from Batman High School (1974), he came to İstanbul
and studied at İstanbul University, Press and Publishing College. His poems
were published in the reviews Yeni Türkü, Sanat Emeği, Türk Dili,
Yazko-Edebiyat, Üç Çiçek, Yönelişler, Gösteri, Milliyet-Sanat since 1978.
He was among the founders of Yeni Türkü and Üç Çiçek Publishing Houses. He
translated poems from Spanish. He received first rank in the 1980 State Academy
of Fine Arts Culture Festival Poetry Contest and Cemal Süreyya Poetry Award
with his book, Zaman Haritası (The
Time Map) in 1992.
WORKS:
POETRY: Ateşli Kaval (Shepherd’s Ardent Pipe, 1981), Çıngırağın Ölümü (Death of the Bell, 1983), Rüzgar Durdurma Takvimi (Calender for Stopping the Wind, 1986), Zaman Haritası (The Time Map, 1991), Seçme Şiirler (Selected Poems, 1994).
NARRATIVE: Hayal Tabirleri (Imagination
Interpretations, 1998).
CHILDREN’S
LITERATURE: Küçük İstasyon (Small
Station, 1995).
SELECTION: Dünya Edebiyatından Aşk Şiirleri (Love
Poems from the World’s Literature, 2001).
