Poet
(b. 1943, İstanbul - d. 9 January 2024, İzmir). She attended Çanakkale High School (1960) and
attended Istanbul University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Philosophy
for a while. She worked in publishing houses and advertising companies. Her
poems were published in periodical Düzlem
(1963) at first, and then they were published in periodicals and newspapers Zeren, Türk Dili, Yeni Dergi, Milliyet
Sanat, Gösteri.
Her first poems were published
with the signature Süreyya Kanıpak. She obtained the first place in National
Turkish Students Union
Culture Competition of Turkey. She gained Cemal Süreya Poetry Award with the
book named Şiir Çalışmaları (Poetry
Studies) in 1992 and Behçet Necatigil Poetry Award with the book named Nâbiga in 2002.
In her first period, he wrote
poems that started from the problems of citizens. In her next period until
today, she tended to profound approaches that were about various conditions of
human being and nature. She reached a kind of a bare poetry, very similar to
prose, composed of simple tools.
Death:
Süreyya Berfe, one of our famous poets, passed away at the age of 80 on
January 9, 2024, at the nursing home in Urla, Izmir, due to organ failure.
Süreyya Berfe's body was buried in Urla district. The body of Berfe, who died
at the age of 80 in the nursing home where he stayed due to multiple organ
failure, was brought to Zeytinalani Mosque. At the ceremony attended by names
from the world of literature, Berfe's son Boraz Kanıpak accepted the
condolences. After the funeral prayer in the afternoon, Berfe's body was buried
in Zeytinalani Cemetery.
The Writers' Union of Türkiye, of which he was a member, announced his
death with the following message:
Another leaf has fallen from our poem!
"Even a leaf leaves when it realizes that it has turned
yellow," said Süreyya Berfe and went to eternity.
First of all, Berfe, who started out as one of the innovative and
resilient poets of the 60s. Later, he wrote about social and individual themes
in his subtle language. He dealt with nature and the loneliness of man in
nature and society in a sincere, lyrical language.
The words he left to our poetry will make it eternal.
My condolences to our poetry and its readers.”
WORKS:
POETRY: Gün Ola (Let the Day, 1969),
Savrulan (The Flung, 1971), Hayat ile
Şiir (The Life and Poetry, 1980), Ufkun
Dışında (Out of Horizon, collected poems, 1985), Şiir Çalışmaları (Poetry Studies, 1992), Ruhumun (It Belongs to My Spirit, 1998), Seçme Şiirler (Selected Poems, 2001), Seni Seviyorum (I Love You, 2002), Nâbiga (2002), Eksik Alfabe (The
Missing Alphabet, 2003).
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: Çocukca (Infantile, 1982).
REFERENCE: İhsan Işık / Yazarlar Sözlüğü (1990, 1998) - Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007) - Ünlü Edebiyatçılar (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 4, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013), Vitrindekiler / Ruhumun (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 03 Aralık 1998), Behçet Necatigil / Edebiyatımızda İsimler Sözlüğü (18. bas. 1999), Şükran Kurdakul / Şairler ve Yazarlar Sözlüğü (gen. 6. bas. 1999), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), Seçme Şiirler-Süreyya Berfe (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 22.11.2001), Seçme Şiirler (Kitap Rehberi, Aralık 2001), Nâbiga (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 7.2.2002), Pelin Özer / Şiirin Hafızasını Zorluyor Süreyya Berfe (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 25.4.2002), Seni Seviyorum Kitap Rehberi (Kasım 2002), M. Güner Demiray / Yaşamı Özümsemiş Şiirler (Damar, Şubat 2004), Hasan Efe / Süreyya Berfe’nin ‘Olmaz’ı”-Günümüz Şairlerinden Şiir Çözümlemeleri (2004), Ali Emre / Süreyya Berfe: Sıcak Bir Yürekten Temiz Bir Türkçe’yle Süzülen İçten Dizelerin Şairi - Celâl Fedai / Söyleşi: Süreyya Berfe ile Şiir Üzerine - Süreyya Berfe Şiiri Üzerine Parçalı Bulutlu - Mehmet Kâzım / Yaşamın Gerçeklerine Yaslanan Şair: Süreyya Berfe - Kenan Çağan / İçtenlik ve Şiir - Haydar Ergülen / Çocuklar Ana ve Babalarının Cenazelerine Çelenk Gönderir mi? (Hece, Şubat 2005), Şiirimizden bir yaprak daha düştü. “Süreyya Berfe” (turkiyeyazarlarsendikasi.org, 9 Ocak 2024), Şair Süreyya Berfe son yolculuğuna uğurlandı (cumhuriyet.com.tr, 10.01.2024).
