Mehmet Atilla

Poet and writer. He was born on January 25, 1959 in Bodrum / Mugla. He completed Bodrum Akçaalan Primary School, Bodrum Turgutreis Secondary School (1972), Izmir Mithatpaşa Industrial Occupation High School (1975) and Ankara Higher Technical Teachers’ School (1979). He worked as a technical teacher at Samsun, Yozgat Akdağmadeni and Izmir Industrial Occupational High Schools. He was retired in 2003. He continued with his works in Izmir.

Atilla wrote poems, stories and children’s literature and his poems were published in journals such as Milliyet Sanat, Aydınca, Düşlem, Kıyı, Dize, Damar, Bir, Yeni  Biçem, Yaşasın  Edebiyat,  Bahçe, Varlık  and Kum from 1984 onwards. His stories were published in journals such as Fayton, Üçüncü  Öyküler, Adam Öykü  and Ünlem. He received the second degree in Tariş Literature Awards story branch (1993), second degree in Kıyı Journal Column Contest (1995), first degree in Mevlüt Kaplan Children’s Stories Contest (1996) and Leyla Erbil Story Award (2000) and Bilgi Publishing e-book Story Award (2002) at Ankara Story Days. He received special awards in Edip Cansever Poetry Contest (1996) and Arkadaş Z. Ozger Poetry Award (1999).

WORKS:

CHILDREN’S LITTERATURE: İngiltere’den Gelen Konuk (novel, 1997), Benim Adım Zeybek (novel, 1997), Defterim Işık Saçıyor (poetry, 1997), Bir Bayram Günü (story, 1998), Dalgalar  Nereye  Gidiyor (novel, 1999), Uzaydaki Karanfil (story,  1999), Bir Bayram Günü (story, 1998), Bilgisayardaki  Saklambaç (story, 2001), Balıklar Tiyatroda (novel, 2003), Formik ile Mirmik (novel, 2004).

POETRY: Beşinci Tat Şiirleri  (2004).

JUVENILE FICTION: Yüzümde Kırlangıç Gölgesi  (2000), Gözlerinde Gece Yok (2002).

STORY: Sancı Yılanı (2003).

REFERENCE: E. Kaplan / Mehmet Atilla ile Söyleşi / (Kıyı dergisi, April 1996), Dinçer Sezgin / Yüzümde Kırlangıç Gölgesi (Radikal, 30.7.2000), Duygu Ö. Yayman / Edebiyatın Çilekeş Dervişi (İzmir Life, April 2004), Ahmet Günbaş / İçinize Gelip Çöreklenen Bir Acı (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 5.2.2004), Erdem Öztop / Mehmet Atilla ile Söyleşi (Edebiyat ve Eleştiri, September-October 2004).