Poet (b. 20 December 1943, Karacalar
Village, Emirdağ, Afyon). He is the uncle of Kubat, the folk music artist. He
has used the pen name Âşık Yoksul Derviş in his poems. Real name is Şemsettin
Kubat. He attended Karacalar Village Primary School (1956). He engaged in folk
music and worked as an imam. He is a member of the Professional Association of Scientific and Literary
Work Owners of Turkey and the Cultural Association of Minstrels.
His first poem, Şehitlerin Anısı (Memory of the Martyrs) was published in the
review Akademi (Ankara) in 1967 and
his other poems have appeared in the reviews Aziziye and Emirdağ and
in various anthologies; they were also translated into French in 1993. He has
taken part in many programs on the radio as a guest speaker. He has received
approximately 20 awards from various institutions since 1981. He has continued
the minstrel tradition by participating in many cultural activities.
WORKS:
Şehitlerin
Anısı (Memory of
the Martyrs, 1967), Kerbela Şehitleri (Martyrs
of Karbala, 1968), Gönülden Sesler
(Voices for the Heart, 1986), Aşkın
Dizileri (Series of Love, 1987), Yüz
Bin Oldu Yarelerim (I Have Thousands of Wounds, 1989), Dost Eline Götür Beni (Take me to the Friendly Lands, 1989), Sevgi Yolundan Duygu Selinden (From the
Road of Love, from the River of Sentiments, 1992), Köyümün Destanı (Epic of My Village, 1990), 23 Nisan (April 23rd, 1991), Nefeslerin Özü (The Essence of Breaths, 1992), Hoşgörü (Tolerance, 1993), Yunusca
(Like Yunus, 1996), Deyişlerin Dilinden
(As Told by the Poems, 1997), Güzelleme
(Tribute Folk Song 1998), Duygularla
Nefeslerle Evrenseldir Şiirlerimiz (Our Poems are Universal with Sentiments
and Breaths, 1999), Atatürk ve Cumhuriyet
(Atatürk and the Republic, 2000), Âşık
Yoksul Derviş Hayatı ve Eserleri (Âşık Yoksul Derviş, His Life and Works,
2000), Destanlarım (My Epics, 2004), Sevgi Yolunda (On the Road of Love,
2004).
