Journalist and writer (b. 1911,
İstanbul). He graduated from Istanbul High School for Boys (1929) and dropped
out of İstanbul University, Faculty of Literature and worked as a decorator and
poster painter for a while. After 1929, he worked on the newspapers Vatan, Son Posta, Zaman and Yeni İstanbul and in the reviews Türk Spor and Olimpiyat
as a writer and illustrator.
Between the years of 1934-37, he
worked as a journalist in France for the newspaper Cumhuriyet. Between
1951 and 1954, he worked for the Ministry of Tourism and later for the state
Petrol Office. He appeared in Muhsin Ertuğrul's film Cici Berber (The
Good Barber).
WORKS:
NOVEL: Elbet Sabah Olacaktır (Of Course It Will Be Morning, 1948), Yollarımız Ayrılıyor (Our Roads are Separate,
1948), Hayat Yarışı (Life Race, 1949), Esentepe (Esentepe, 1951).
PLAY: Bir Babanın Günahı (A
Father's Sin, 1929), Meslek Adamı (Professional Man, 1933), Köstebek Yuvası (The Hole of the Mole, 1953), Bir Kadının Gölgesi (The Shadow of a Woman, 1955), Son Durak (Final Destination, 1956), Poyraz Osman (Poyraz Osman, 1956), Kadın Parmağı (Woman’s
Fingers, 1957), Harika Çocuk (The Wonderful Kid, 1959), Çürük Tahta (Decayed Wood, 1961).
