Poet and writer
(b. 25 July 1950, Skopje / Macedonia). The actress Nezaket Ali is his aunt and
the writer Avni Engüllü is his brother. He attended Vuk Karaçiç Primary School
(Skopje, 1961), Tefeyyüz Secondary School (Skopje, 1965) and graduated from
Nikola Karev Pedagogy High School, Department of Teaching. He could not
complete his education at Kliment Ohridski Education Vocational School,
Department of French Language and Literature because of a shortage of
materials. He started to work at Skopje Radio, Turkish Programs Service in 1970
and was the language redactor of this service after 1973. He was appointed to
political duties such as the Chairman of the Children’s Organizing Commission
(Skopje, 1976) the Macedonia Youth Union Republic Conference and the Culture
Commission (Skopje, 1978). In 1980, he returned to his post at Skopje Radio as
a redactor. He administered the culture and art pages of the newspaper Birlik (1981) and was the publication
director of the monthly review Sesler and
Birlik Publications (1982). He
immigrated to Turkey in
His first poem, “Sevdiklerim” (Ones
That I Love), was published in the newspaper Birlik (Skopje, 1965); his other works have been published in the
reviews Türk Dili and Yedi İklim and in the newspaper Birlik. His play Kırlangıçlar Nerdeyse Gelecek (Martins Are Soon to Come) was
broadcasted on Skopje Radio. Some of his poetry was set to music by Ramadan
Şükrü and was performed on Yugoslavian Television. He won the Macedonia
Translators Union Translation Award in 1996, the Orient- Occident Academy
Balkan Grand Poetry Award in 1996 with Karanlıkla
Söyleşi (Conversation with the Dark) and the Constantine Belimaçe I.
International Ulah Poetry Festival (Skopje, Macedonia) Poetry Award with Sevdalı Kuşun Türküsü (Song of the Bird
in Love) in 2000. His work Gök Mavisine
Uçuş (Flight to Sky Blue) was translated into Macedonian in 1989 and Karanlıkla Söyleşi (Conversation with
the Dark) into Romanian in 1998. Before he immigrated to Turkey in 1989, he had
been a member of the Macedonia and Yugoslavia Journalists Association, the
Orhan Veli Kanık Literature- Theater Community (founder, chairman for times)
and the Writers Union of Macedonia. He became a member of the Writers Syndicate
of Turkey and the Professional Association of Scientific and Literary Work
Owners of Turkey after immigrated to Turkey.
WORKS:
POETRY: Sözgen (Word Angle, 1972), Zamandışı İçdüşlemeler (Inner Dreams Out
of Time, 1974), Bir Sevimle Bir Devrim
Üstüne (About a Revolution with A Charmer, children’s poetry, 1980), Kumrovetsli Çocuğun Anısına (In the
Memory of the Child of Kumrovets, 1981), Sevi
Yorgunu (Tired of Love, 1983), Çağrışımlar
(Correspondences, 1992), Sevdayı Muhabbet
(Talking About Love, 1994).
SHORT- STORY: Açıl Susam Açıl (Open Sesame!, 1986).
TRAVEL: Pırnalı'dan Çıktık Yaya (We
Set Out from Pırnalı on Foot, 1989).
ANTHOLOGY: Çağdaş Makedonya ve Yugoslavya (Modern
Macedonia and Yugoslavia, Kosovo) Türk
Edebiyatı (Turkish Literature),
Türkiye Dışındaki Türk Edebiyatları Antolojisi (Turkish Literature
Anthology Outside Turkey, in 7 volumes, research / anthology, 1997).
His collections and translations have
also been published.
