Poet (b. 25
February 1973, Sarız /
His first poem, Yeni Bir Gün (A New Day),
was published in the journal Türkiye
Çocuk (18 August 1989, year: 8, issue: 41). His poems have been published
in newspapers and journals such as Şafak
(Greece, 1993), Ses, Ana, Gülpınar, Hayat, Berfin Bahar, Çalı, Edebiyat
Gündemi, Köşe Taşı (the United Kingdom), Öteki-siz, Dem (Germany), Wird
(Germany), Demokratik Gündem (Germany),
Avrupa (the United Kingdom), Olay (the United Kingdom) Hürriyet Kelebek, Aykırı Sanat, Son Haber, Ozan, Damla, Şiir Defteri,
Tepe Edebiyat, Kuzeysu, Kırkmerdiven. He was chosen
as Researcher of the Year in 1988 by the journal Türkiye Çocuk. He was awarded with an honor certificate by the
journal Müzik Magazin for his contributions to the art of poetry in 1990. With his poem
Bir Dünya Büyüyor Yüreğimde (A World is Growing in My Heart) he received
the Special Jury Award from Humanist International of Sweden in 1992 and he received the second
award in the Peace Poem Competition arranged by the journal Türkiye and Bay Agent. Translated into Farsi by Naser Feiz, his
poems have been published in pioneering literature journals in
With the aim of criticizing the
insensitivity of people relating to some social incidents and intellectuals’
remaining silent, he decided to make a series of protests. As a first protest, on 8 October 1996 he
threw his books into the sea from the
WORKS (Poetry):
En Güzel Ben Ölürüm (I Die Best, 1994, with his new poems: 1996), Bağbozumu (Grape Harvest, collabo–rative
book, 1995), Gelincik Tozları (Poppy
Dust, 2002).
REFERENCE: Halil Özden / Şair Bülent Özcan (Gölge, Nisan 1991), Yılmaz Aybar / Gerçek Sanatçılık (Eflâtun, Şubat 1992), Şiir Defteri’nden Portreler: Bülent Özcan (Şiir Defteri, Şubat 1992), Önce İnsan Sevgisi (Hürriyet Gap, 26.12.1992), Nuşin Kavukçuoğlu-Nedim Saatçioğlu / Eflatun Dergisi Şiir Antolojisi II (1993), Bülent Özcan’dan ‘En Güzel Ben Ölürüm’ (Türkiye, Ocak-Şubat 1995), Ataol Behramoğlu / Anadolu’nun Aydınlık Yüzüne Yolculuklar (Cumhuriyet, 29.4.1995) - Sevdiğim Şair Bülent Özcan (Avrupa, Londra, 7.10.2004), Yaşar İliksiz / Şiirde Genç Bir Nefes: Bülent Özcan (Matbûat, Eylül 1995), Ruşen Hakkı / En Güzel Yaşayan... (Özgür Kocaeli, 18.11.1996), Öner Yağcı (Kitap Gazetesi, Eylül-Ekim 1996), Bülent Güldal (Kıyı, Şubat 1998), Aykırısanat (Temmuz- Ağustos 2001) - Berfin Bahar (Eylül 2003), Bülent Özcan’