Painter,
architect and storywriter (b. 8 August 1915, İstanbul – d. 4 March 1994,
İstanbul). He attended the Galatasaray High School and graduated from Istanbul
Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Architecture (1943). He was sent to Paris
on a scholarship by the United Nations in 1952. He worked as an architect at
Tekel General Directorate and at the Ministry of Public Works. He designed many
important buildings of Turkey such as the Government House in Gaziantep, the
Court House in İzmir, Bank-note Issuing House in Ankara, the Court House in
Rize and Beşiktaş Şair Nedim Primary School. After a while, he left his duty at
the ministry and focused on painting. After 1965, he held various exhibitions
in Turkey and abroad.
With his
works of art, he collected the Utrillo Award (France) in 1964, the Award of
Contemporary Painters Association of Turkey in 1967, the State Painting and
Statute Exhibition Achivement Award in 1973, the Sedat Simavi Foundation
Painting Award in 1982, and the Yunus Nadi Unpublished Short Story Award in
1992 with his story titled Yakutiler (The Yakutis).
WORKS (Short Story):
Cardonlar (The Candons) 1981), Yakutiler (The Yakutis, 1992), Zenci Kalınız (Remain Black, 2004).
