Writer and
translator (b. 5 March 1942, İzmir) - d. 1 August 2017, Istanbul). He graduated from İstanbul University, Faculty of
Law (1979). For a while he worked at
İstanbul University, Faculty of Literature, Department of German Philology as
an academician (1979-81). He worked at the review Ceviri as coordinating
editor and editor-in-chief (1981-85), the Austrian Culture Office as press
consultant and Bilim-Felsefe Publishing as publishing consultant.
His compilations
and translations have been published in Cumhuriyet, Dunya, Politika, Yeni
Ortam newspapers and Yeni Ufuklar, Varlık, Yeditepe, Yazko Edebiyat,
Türk Dil Kurumu, Gösteri, Sanat Olayı reviews. He has translated many books
by G.Lukacs, E. Canetti, E. Ficher, K. Hamsun, H. Böll etc.
WORKS:
SHORT STORY: Dokunmak (Touching,
1999)
NOVEL: Kıyıda Yaşamak (Living on
the Shore, 2004)
ESSAY, CRITIQUE: Okuyan Gençliğe
Mektuplar (Letters for School Children, 2000), Bizi Yaşatanlar ve
Öldürenler (Those who Keep Us Alive or Kill Us, 2002), İnsana Donmek
(Turn to a Person, 2002), Oynamak Varken (Nothing Else but Playing,
2002).
ANTHOLOGY: Gece Öyküleri (Night Stories, 2002).
