Bedrettin Cömert

Poet and writer (b. 1940, Vezirköprü / Samsun – d. 11 July 1978, Ankara) he graduated from Sivas High School and University of Rome, Department of Italian Language and Literature. After submitting his doctorate to this university, he worked as a lecturer at Hacettepe University Department of the History of Art. He became assistant professor of aesthetics there. He was assassinated by unknown people with gunfire in his car in 1978.

His poems, essays and critiques were published in magazines such as Varlık, Forum, Halkın Dostları, Antalya, Gelecek, Barış, Yansıma, Milliyet Sanat. He won the Turkish Language Association Translation Award with his translation form E.H. Gombrich, Sanatın Öyküsü (The Story of Art) in 1977.

WORKS:

STUDY-RESEARCH: Giotto'nun Sanatı (The Art of Giotto, 1977), Croce'nin Estetiği (The Aesthetics of Croce, 1979), Eleştiriye Beş Kala (Five Minutes to Critique, 1981), Sanat Üzerine (On Art, edited by Özgen Seçkin, 1991).

POETRY: Kalmasın Ellerim Sizlerden Uzak (My Hands Shall Not be Away from You, 1979).

REFERENCE: E. Kongar, E. Renda ve T. Tekin / Bedrettin Cömert’e Armağan (1979), Yurt Ansiklopedisi (c. VIII, 1982-1983), Özgen Seçkin / Hayata Ufalanmış Şiirler (1997), Behçet Necatigil / Edebiyatımızda İsimler Sözlüğü (18. bas. 1999), Şükran Kurdakul / Şairler ve Yazarlar Sözlüğü (gen. 6. bas. 1999), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), İhsan Işık / Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, 2007).