Poet (b. 1930, Söke / Aydın – d. 7 August 1984). He
graduated from Galatasaray High School and İstanbul University, Faculty of Law
(1970). He worked as farmer in Söke. He collected the Haute-Academice de Lutece
Poem Award in 1967. He published one play, 8 poem books and 2 children’s
novels. He was known for his poems that appeared periodically in reviews such
as Şairler Yaprağı, Yeditepe and Türk Dili.
WORKS:
POETRY: Bulutlar (Clouds, 1944), Adalar
(Islands, 1981), Yaşamak Türküsü (The Song of Living, 1959), Yitik
Duman (Lost Smoke, 1961), Geyik Düşmesi (Falling of Deer, 1965), Atatürk’ün
Işığı (The Light of Atatürk, 1965), Uzay Duvarları (Walls of Space,
1971), Çiçeklerle Tüfek, (Gun with Flowers, 1980), Bütün Şiirleri
(All his Poems, prepared by Asım Öztürk, 1986).
CHIlDREN’S NOVEL: Ötleğen Kuşu (The Warbler,
1971).
PLAY: Yaşayanlar İçinde (Among Those Who Live,
1957).
