Ahmet Kekeç

Gazeteci, Öykü Yazarı, Yazar

Doğum
03 Ocak, 1961
Ölüm
14 Kasım, 2020
Eğitim
Gazi Institute of Education
Burç

Journalist, writer and storywriter (b. 1961, Malatya - d. 11 November 2020, Istanbul). He graduated from Malatya Atatürk High School (1978) and the Gazi Institute of Education. He worked as a writer and graphic artist at the newspapers Millî Gazete (1985), Zaman (1986), Vahdet (1988) İmza (1989), Yeni Haber, Akit  and Yeni Şafak (1999). He was one of the founders of the review İmza. He has been a columnist on the newspaper Yeni Şafak and broadcaster on Channel 7 Television.

His first comic stories were published in the humor magazine Gırgır when he was nineteen. His stories, essays and critiques have been published in the newspapers and reviews Aylık Dergi, Mavera, Yönelişler, Kayıtlar, Kırkayak (Kırklar), Millî Gazete, Zaman, Vahdet, Kitap Dergisi, Girişim, İmza since 1980. More recently he has concentrated on stories and novels. He was selected as the Writer of the Year by the review Gençlik in 1977. In the same year he collected the Writers Union of Turkey Press Anecdote Award and the Tuzla Municipality Novel Competition Award in 1999.

His first book “Son İyi Şeyler (Last Good Things), “in the axis of conscious technique, the overall story can be considered as rhetoric of this technique” (Necip Tosun), was well appreciated.

WORKS:

SHORT STORY: Son İyi Şeyler (Last Good Things, 1985).

NOVEL: Yağmurdan Sonra (After the Rain, 2000).

ESSAY: Beni Türk İmamlarına Emanet Ediniz (Please Commend Me Turkish Imams, 1991), Atam Sen Kalk Ben Yatam (Atam, You Get up, I Am Lying Down, 1993), İnek Sosyalizmi (Cow Socialism, 1996), Maalesef Türkiye (Unfortunately Turkey, 1996), Yurtta Sus Cihanda Sus (Peace at Home, Peace in the World, 1996),  Gazeteciyim Ama Tedavi Görüyorum (I Am A Journalist but I Am Cured, 1999).

STUDY-RESEARCH: CIA ve 12 Eylül / Bir İhtilalin Romanı (CIA and 12 September / Novel of a Coup, 1993), Ali Şükrü Bey Cinayeti (Murder of Ali Şükrü Bey, 1996).

REFERENCE: İhsan Işık / Yazarlar Sözlüğü (1990, 1998) - Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007) - Ünlü Fikir ve Kültür Adamları (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 3, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013)., Ahmet Rıdvan / Ahmet Kekeç Ve!.. (Yeni Şafak, 8.11.1999), Zeki Bulduk / Yağmur Sonrası (Yeni Dünya, Mart 2000), Fadime Özkan Yazdım / Kurtuldum - Ahmet Kekeç’le Söyleşi (Yeni Şafak, 30.3.2000), Taha Kıvanç / Bayram Okuması (Yeni Şafak, 11.3.2000), Ahmet Rıdvan / Devam mı, Red mi? (Yeni Şafak, 14.2.2000), Gazeteci yazar Ahmet Kekeç vefat etti (Aişe Hümeyra Bulovalı haberi aa.com.tr, 14.11.2020), Duayen gazeteci Ahmet Kekeç vefat etti (yenisafak.com.tr, 14.11.2020).

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