Novelist (b. 9 March 1919,
Kızıltaş village / Yalta / Crimea). His childhood passed under the persecution
of Russian Imperialism. He completed his education in the village he was born
and in Akmescit. After finishing secondary school (1938), he studied in Crimea
Institute of Pedagogy. He was recruited during the World War II and was charged
as tank lieutenant in Ukrain in German-Russia war. He was taken as prisoner by
Germans in same year. He took refuge to the United Kingdom with his Poland wife
in 1946. He had run a restaurant in Chelsea, London. He published his first
poems in the review Edebiyat Mecmuası published by Writers Union of
Crimea. Cengiz Dağcı, who is the most known Turkish writer except Turkey, told
about the people who were distressed because of the war between the giant
powers and his neighborhood in his novels. He received Writers Union of Turkey
1988 Novel Award with his book Anneme
Mektuplar (Letters to my Mother)
WORKS:
Korkunç Yıllar (Terrible Years, 1956), Yurdunu Kaybeden Adam (The Man Lost his Homeland, 1957), Onlar da İnsandı (They Were Also Humans, 1958), Ölüm ve Korku Günleri (Days of Death and Fear, 1962), O Topraklar Bizimdi (Those Lands were Belongs to Us, 1966), Kolhozda Hayat (Life in Kolhoz, 1966), Dönüş (Return, 1968), Genç Temuçin (Young Temuçin, 1969), Badem Dalına Asılı Bebekler (Babies Pendant on the Stems of Almond, 1970), Üşüyen Sokak (Cold Street, 1972), Ölüm Düşünüldü (The Death was Thought), Beni Biraz Yönetir misiniz (Could You Please Manage me?), Hatıralarda (In Memoirs, 1998).
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), Osman Türkay / Dış Türklere İlgisizlik ve Cengiz Dağcı (Türkiye, 25.11.1990), İbrahim Şahin / Cengiz Dağcı Hayatı ve Eserleri (1996), Behçet Necatigil / Edebiyatımızda İsimler Sözlüğü (18. bas. 1999), İsa Kocakaplan / Cengiz Dağcı’nın Kişiliği ve Eserleri Üzerine (Türk Edebiyatı, sayı: 308, Haziran 1999), Şükran Kurdakul / Şairler ve Yazarlar Sözlüğü (gen. 6. bas. 1999), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), Ahmet Kabaklı / Türk Edebiyatı (11. bas. 2002, c. 5, s. 905-921), Türkiye Yazarlar Birliği / Türkiye Kültür Sanat Yıllığı (2012).
