Poet
(b. 10 June 1944, Aydın - d. 12 February 1979, İzmir). He attended primary and elementary
school in his hometown. He graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of
Language, History and Geography, Department of Turkish Language and Literature (1967).
He worked as a teacher of literature in several schools, lastly in Buca High
School. He died from food poisoning when he was thirty-five years old. Since
his death, a poetry prize has been given in his name. His articles and poems
were published in the reviews Aydın
Gazetesi (1960), Sosyal Demokrat
(İzmir), Soyut (1967), Yansıma, Yeni Dergi (1973-74), and Dönemeç
(founder and publishing consultant, 1976-78).
WORKS:
Tadı
(Its Taste, 1971), Eski / Yeni (The
Old/The New, 1972), Gülle Büyüyecek Adı
(Her Name Will Grow with the Rose, 1976), Kuşku
Girdi Araya (Suspicion Interfered, 1978), Kitaplar Sonrası Şiirler (Poems after Books, 1979), Düş Kırımı (Dream Genocide/ collected
poems, edited by Sedat Şanver, 2001).
