Poet (b. 14
December 1955, Korkuteli / Antalya).
He uses the pen name Korkut Soylu in his reviews. He attended Avdan Village
Primary School (1967), Korkuteli Secondary School
(1970), Antalya Agricultural
Vocational High
School (1973) and graduated from Hacettepe University,
Faculty of Social and Administrative Sciences, Department of Management and
Administration (1980). He made his graduate studies at Western
Illinois University
(US,
1996). He began his professional life at the Ministry of Finance as the
Controller of Accounts in 1982. He also worked as the Director at the General
Directorate of Accounts at the Ministry of Finance and vice-president of the Turkish Cooperation and Development Agency at the Office of the Prime Ministry.
His first poem
(Çocuk Gazeli, Ode to a Child) was
published in the review Kıyam
(February, 1977). His other poems and articles have appeared in the reviews Kıyam, which he owned, and Aylık Dergi, Kayıtlar, Mavera, Dergâh, Yedi
İklim, Edebiyat Ortamı and Hece.
WORKS (Poetry):
Beyaz Yürüyüş (White Walk, 1998), Kayıp Konuşmacı (The Lost Speaker,
2000).
In addition, he
translated some works of E. E. Cummings.
REFERENCE: Osman Söğüt / Şiir Yollarında Beyaz Yürüyüş (Hece, Ağustos 1998), Ali K. Metin / Sevdayla Kanatlanan Yürüyüş (Yedi İklim, Ağustos, 1998), Nazir Akalın / Faruk Uysal’ın Ayva Çiçeği (Hece, Nisan 1999), A. Görkem Userin / Beyaz Yürüyüşle Varılan Kayıp Konuşmacı (Okuntu, Kasım-Aralık 2001), İhsan Işık / Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) Nazir Akalın / Faruk Uysal’ın “Ayva Çiçeği” (Şairin Eldivenleri, 2003).
