Playwright (b. İstanbul, 1928). He left his
studies at İstanbul’s Robert College and went to America to complete his
remaining education. He traveled extensively by boat for two years and after
coming back home, he did several jobs. He began to write short stories in 1958
and then wrote novels and plays.
His
first three plays were performed at the Ankara State Theatre. With his radio
play İşlerde Bozukluk (Problems at
Work), he received the first award at the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation
Art Awards Competition in 1966. With Beberuhiler
(Dwarfs) he received an honorable mention and with his play Kuş (The Bird) he received the
Children’s Play Achievement Award at the Turkish Radio and Television
Corporation Art Awards Competition in 1970.
WORKS:
NOVEL: Siyamlı İkizler (Siamese Twins,
published in Yeni İstanbul
newspaper), Sapıklar (Perversions,
1960).
PLAY: Bal Sineği (Honey Fly, 1965), Aya Bir Yolcu (A Traveler to the Moon,
1966), Uçamayan Kuşlar Tutulur (The
Birds that Cannot Fly are Caught, 1973), Güneşi
Parlatanların Gölgesinde (Under the Shadow of Those Who Polish the Sun,
1979).
His radio and TV plays have
not been published.