Poet and writer (b. 19 November 1951, Yalıkavak / Bodrum / Muğla). He has used the pen name Aydın Aydıoğlu in some of his works. He attended Eski Foça Primary School, Karadeniz Ereğli High School and graduated from Ege University, Faculty of Science and Literature, Department of Natural Sciences (1975). He worked as a biology teacher at high schools in Kars, Gerze and Kurşunlu, as an accountant in Kars, Van and Erzincan, as seller of second hand books (1996) and as a redactor. He retired in 2001.
His first poem was published in the newspaper Yeniasır and
his subsequent works have been published in the reviews Damar, Şiir Okulu, Çağdaş Türk Dili, Berfin Bahar, Evrensel
Kültür, Aydınca, Minerva, Somut, Agora, Öteki-siz, Gerçek Sanat and Papirüs and in the newspapers Cumhuriyet,
Yeniasır, Demokrat İzmir, Aydınlık, Evrensel, Siyahbeyaz and Gazete Ege. He received an
honorable mention in the Sabri Akay Poetry Competition, third prize in a
children’s poetry contest held by the Damar Review and
WORKS:
POETRY: Goca
Goca Daşlar (Big,
Big Stones, 1970), Merhaba Yaşamak (Hello
Life, 1973), Umudun Şafağı (Dawn of
Hope, 1979), Sevdadan Yana Yaşamak (Living
on the Side of Love, 1987), Erek Torna
Atelyesi (Erek’s Lathe Workshop, 1990),
770 Gün Türküleri (770 Days of Ballads, 1991), Adı Barış (His Name is Peace, 1994), Ezgi'nin Söyledikleri (What is said by Ezgi, 1996), Bir İnsan: Yusuf Metin (A Person:
Yusuf Metin, 1997), Herkes Vazgeçti Ya
Sen (Everybody Gave Up, And You?, 2001),
Sevda ki Hüznü Kalır Bana (Love, of Which the Sadness Remains in Me, 2004),
“Amerika Katil Katil” (America Murderer,
Murderer, 2004), Arpaçay’da Beyaz Üşür (White
Feels Cold in Arpaçay, 2004), Sonsuza
Rüzgârdı 68 (68 was an Eternal Wind, 2005, collaborative work with Öner
Yağcı, Ahmet Nergiz and Bahrem Yıldız).
MEMOIR: Bu Bir
Hasan İzzettin Dinamo Kitabıdır (This is a Book by Hasan İzzettin Dinamo,
1995), Bu Bir Hasan Hüseyin Korkmazgil
Kitabıdır (This is a Book by Hasan Hüseyin Korkmazgil, 1995), Bu Bir Rıfat Ilgaz Kitabıdır (This is
a Book by Rıfat Ilgaz, 1996), Gerze
Notları (Gerze Notes, 1997), Bir
İnsan: Yusuf Metin (A Person: Yusuf Metin, 1997)
ESSAY: Şair ve Şiir (Poet and Poetry, 2004).
