Süheyl Beken

Poet and writer (B. 1909 – D. 16 October 1985, Ankara). He graduated from Istanbul High Teacher School, Istanbul University Faculty of Literature Turkish Language and Literature Department. He worked as literature teacher in secondary schools. He settled to Ankara in 1954. He worked as National Library Specialist (1954), Head Specialist (1970). He got retired from his duty in National Library (1976). He worked as lecturer in Language History Geography Faculty History Department for a long time.

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POETRY: İlk Esintiler: 1920’ler ve... (1982), Gecenin Kıyısından (1983), Dörtlükler (1984).

OTHER WORKS: Fuzûlî Divanı (with Kenan Akyüz, Sedit Yüksel, Müjgan Cunbur, 1958; different versions of the same Divan 1990, 1997, 2000), Müntehabat-ı Eş’ar-ı Şinasi (1960), Osmanlı Paleografyası I-II (Kroniklerden Seçmeler, 1964), Millî Kütüphane Eski Harfli Eserler Kataloğu (3 cilt, 1965-1970), Ephesos (1985).

REFERENCE: V. Recai Velibeyoğlu / ÖBBŞKA (vol. 1, 1975), TDOE – TDE Ansiklopedisi 2 (2002), İhsan Işık (TEKAA, 2009).