Journalist and
playwright (b. 1928, İstanbul). He graduated from Robert College (1947). He
studied theater history and dramatic literature in the United States at Cornell
University. He found the Çağlayan Publishing House in 1953. He wrote humorous
articles in the review Dolmuş and Akbaba and anecdotes in the newspapers Milliyet (1965-81) and Güneş (1981-84). He lived in United
States for a long time, where he went on the invitation of Iowa University.
Many of his plays have been performed
in state and private theaters. He came second at the Play Competition held by
the International Industry and Commercial Bank in 1984 with his play Bunu Yapan İki Kişi (Two That Make
This), which he wrote with Tülay Güngör, and won the Writers Union of Turkey 1995
Year Press/ Series Articles award with Kara
Kuğular (The Black Swans).
WORKS:
PLAY: İki Kısa Oyun (Two Short Plays, 1957), Deli (Crazy, staged 1957), Bir Kilo Namus (A Kilo of Virtue, staged
in 1958), Karayar Köprüsü (Karayar
Bridge, 1958), Cengiz Han'ın Bisikleti
(The Bicycle of Cengiz Khan, staged in 1959), Second Edition (staged 1960), İp
Oyunu (String Play, staged in 1960), Büyük
Jüstinyen (The Great Justinian, staged in 1961), Aman Avcı (Oh Hunter, staged in 1962), Ayı Masalı (The Bear Tale, 1963), Direkler Arasında (Among the Columns, staged in 1965), Uçurtmanın Zinciri (String of the Kite,
staged in 1965), Kartal Teknesi
(Eagle Boat, staged in 1966), Kelepçe
(The Handcuffs, staged in 1967), Turp
Suyu (Radish Juice, staged in 1969), Canavar
Cafer (Monster Cafer, staged in 1973), Tamirci
(The Mechanic, 1986).
NOVEL: Yağmur Duası (Rain Prayer,
1954), Domuz (Pig, 2004).
MEMOIR:
Gülerek (Laughing, 1987), Metamorfoz (Metamorphosis, 1993).
TRAVEL LITERATURE: Bosnalı Samuraylar (Bosnian Samurais, 1997).
