Ali Cengizkan

Poet, writer, architect. He was born in Ankara in September 29, 1954. He was graduated from TED Ankara College (1973), Middle East Technical University Department of Architecture (1978). He received his master’s degree with the thesis “Komşuluk Olgusunun Sosyo-Fiziksel Boyutları: Bir Örnek Çalışma” (1981). He worked as free architect for a short time. In 1981, he began to work as a lecturer in METU Faculty of Architecture; he became associate professor, worked as department head (1994). He worked as vice general director in Men of Letters Association and later as general director. He worked on photography.

His first writing was published in Türkiye Yazıları journal (June 1977). Later he published his poems and writings in Türkiye Yazıları (1977-79), Türk Dili (1977-80), Yarın (1981-83), Broy, Varlık, Küçücük, Yusufçuk, Somut, Kum journals. In 1981, he received Academy Bookstore Poem Success Award with his poem Senlere, and shared the award with Ahmet Ada and Adnan Azor. In 1983, he received Toprak Poem Award and Hasan Hüseyin Başar Award and Abdi Ipekçi Peace and Friendship Award (with Yaşar Miraç), in 1982, METU Literature Club Special Award, in 1995, Ceyhun Atuf Kansu Poem Award. He is member of Men of Letters Association, PEN Writers Association and Language Association.

WORKS:

POETRY: Senlere (1980), Çocuk Ömrümüz (1982), Yunan Dosyası (1983), Yürüyüşler ve Duruşlar (1984), Bağımlı Şiir (1986), Ankara Ankara Güzel Ankara (1987), Den Grekiska Dassiern (İsveççe’ye çeviri, 1988), Sürek Avında Dünya (1994), Şairin Nergisi (2000).

ESSAY: Şiir ve Yaşam (1996), Öğle Suyu - ODTÜ Ormanı’nın Kırkıncı Yılı İçin Doğa ve Şiir Üzerine Kırk Metin (1997).

COMPILATION: Sanatçı Tanıklığı (1996).

ANTHOLOGY: Ankara Rüzgârı-Ankara Şiirleri Seçkisi (with Hüseyin Atabaş, 1999).

TRANSLATION: Genetik Epistemoloji (from J. Piaget, 1984) Kartal mı Güneş mi? (1985) - Seçme Şiirler/Gölgelerden Bir Taslak (1992) - Güneş Taşı (1993) (from O. Paz), Adam Eden Sözler (from Guillen, 1985) Mimari Eleştiri Yazıları (from A. Colquhoun, 1990), Seçme Şiirler (from Ho Chi Minh, 1992), Birlik Uğruna Ölenlere (from R. Lowell, 1999).

Also he has research books about his profession

REFERENCE: Ramis Dara / Şiir Çünkü Şiir (1988), Halim Şafak / Yolculuk Şiire (1995), İnsan Dergisi Kedi Şiir Seçkisi-Özel Bölüm: Ali Cengizkan (Yeni Dizi: 2, 1995), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), Ali Cengizkan’dan Yeni Şiirler: Şairin Nergisi (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 4.1.2001), İhsan Işık (TEKAA, 2009).