Mehrizat

Poet. He was born in Kemaliye/Erzincan in March 23rd, 1943. His surname is Poyraz. He used his first name as signature in his works. He graduated from Beyoğlu Firuzağa Primary School, Beyoğlu Italian Secondary School and High School, Istanbul University Faculty of Literature French Philology (1980). After 1981, he gave Linguistic and translating courses in Marmara University Atatürk Education Faculty French Department.

 His first poem was published in 555^th Issue of Varlık Magazine in 1961. He published his other works constantly in Türk Dili Dergisi, discontinuously in Milliyet Sanat, Güzel Yazılar, Yeni İnsan, Çağrı, Elif, Varlık magazines.  He is a member of Turkey Writers Union (Head of Kadıköy Office) Men of Letters Association, Italian High School Association.

Mehrizat tried to achieve a unique style in poem, a competent and pure Turkish, a rich imagination and unique discourse. He considered contents such as intellectual, emotional, fictional lives and statements from every dimension of love from an immortal source life-death for poem, dream-reality, day-night, human-nature relations.

WORKS (Poetry):

Ben Dünyalı Değilim (1989), Gökırmakları (1997).

REFERENCE: Muzaffer Uyguner (Türk Dili Dergisi, sayı: 18, 1990) - Yaşamın Cansuyu (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 12.2.1998), Mustafa Sever / Divan’dan Günümüze Türk Kadın Şairler Antolojisi (1993), Ahmet Miskioğlu (Türk Dili Dergisi, sayı: 58, 1997), M. Agâh Önen / Mehrizat Uzaylı Bir Şair (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 11.6.1998), Günümüz Türkiyesinde Kim Kimdir (7. bas. 2000, s. 589), Hasan Akarsu / Şiirler Değdi Sevdaya (2000), Mehmet Aydın / Edebiyatımızda Kadın Şair ve Yazarlar Sözlüğü (2001), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), İhsan Işık / Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2007) – Ünlü Kadınlar (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 3, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Fomous People (2013).