Poet (b. 6
October 1952, Bandırma / Balıkesir). He is a graduate of Bandırma High School
and İstanbul University, Faculty of Administration (1975). He left Yıldız Technical University,
Department of Civil Engineering while he was in his third year. He started
working in a public bank in 1977 and retired in 1998.
His first
essays, short stories and poems started to be published in local newspapers
when he was at secondary school. Later, his poems, essays and translations were
published in the magazines İmece,
İnsancıl, Evrensel Kültür, Edebiyat 81, Varlık, Atika, Milliyet Sanat, Gösteri,
Sombahar, Yeni Biçem, Düşlem, Şiirlik, Yazko Edebiyat, Oluşum, Şiirlik,
Sombahar, Pen Edebiyat Seçkisi, Edebiyat ve Eleştiri, Başka, Islık, Bahçe, Şiir
Oku, Atika, Güzel Yazılar, Ludingirra, Öteki-Siz, Papirüs. He is famous for
his articles on poetry and his translations.
WORKS:
Dayan Ey Sevdam (Resist Oh My Love, 1984), Vaktolur (A Time Comes When…, 1986), Seni Özledim (I Missed You, 1990), Kül İzi (The Trace of Ash, 1993), Denize Doğru (Towards the Sea, 1996), Çocuk ve Akşam (Child and Night, 1999), Taş Ayna (Stone Mirror, 2002).
