Hasan Latif Sarıyüce

Poet and writer (b. 1929, Evci village / Sungurlu / Çorum - d. 11 November 2018). He attended Evci Primary School (1944) and graduated from Hasanoğlan Village Institute (1950), Gazi Institute of Education (Gazi University Faculty of Education) Department of Literature (1953) and TODAİE Public Administration (1965). He worked as a teacher and manager at Boğazkale Primary School (1950-53), Hacıbektaş Secondary School (1953-54) and Sorgun Secondary School (1956-58). He served as parliamentary deputy for Çorum in the Turkish National Assembly from 1965 to 69. He officially retired (1970) and after he worked as a teacher at Ankara Bahçelievler Institute for Girls for a while. He is a member of the Ankara Art Foundation, the Kemalist Writers Union and the Association of Turkish Parliamentarians.

In 1947 his first poem Bir Ev Ki (A Home Like) was published in Nilüfer review (Ankara). In the following years, his poetry and articles were published in Nilüfer (1947-48), Kaynak (1948-53), İlköğretim (1953-57), Doğan Kardeş (1958-63), Varlık (1959), Sesimiz (1976-86), Dolunay (1986 -88), Türk Edebiyat (1988), Mavi Derinlik (1991) reviews and different newspapers. Since 1966 he has visited Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Greece, Yugoslavia, Italy and Switzerland. In 1948 he collected third award in a poem competition held by Nilüfer review, in 1972 the first award at the Arkın Children’s Literature Award Story Category, in 1991 the İş Bank Grand Award for Literature and the İstanbul Children’s Association Children’s Literature Honor Award.

WORKS:

POETRY: Duyuşlar (Senses, 1948), Çocuk ve Şiir (Child and Poem, child’s poems, 1978).

ANTHOLOGY-COLLECTION: Manzum Ezop Hikâyeleri (Aesop Stories Written in Verse, 1959), Hürriyet Şiirler Antolojisi (Anthology of Liberty Poetry, 1960), Keloğlan Masalları (Fairytales of Keloğlan, 1982), Anadolu Masalları I, II (Fairytales of Anatolia I, II, 1993), Anadoludan Masallar (Fairytales from Anatolia, 10 books, 1994), Çocuklara Şiirler (Poems to Children, 1999).

RESEARCH-STUDY: Türkçe Öğretimi (Teaching Turkish, 1963), Atatürk'ün Hayatı / İlkeleri ve Devrimleri (Life / Principles and Revolutions of Atatürk, 1981), Efsaneleriyle Güzel Anadolumuz (Our Beautiful Anatolia with Legends, 1987), Altın Öğütler (Golden Advices, 1999).

SHORT STORY: Beyaz Pelerinli Kız (The Girl with the White Cape, with the name of Vahibe Sevim-Charming Girl, 1976), Üç Ayaklı Oğlak (Three-Footed Boy, 1979), Karagöz ve Hacivat (Shadow Play and the Character Hacivat, 12 books, 1982), Babasını Arayan Çocuk (The Child who Looks for His Father, 1983), Tarlakuşlarının Öyküsü (Story of Skylarks, 1973), Güle Güle Küçük Arkadaş (Good Bye My Little Friend, children’s story, 1999).

ESSAY: Anadolu'ya Açılan Pencere (The Window that Opens to Anatolia, 1982).

FAIRYTALE: Gökten Üç Elma Düştü (Three Apples Fell from the Sky, 1991), Mavi Kahkaha Çiçeği (The Blue Chuckling Flower, 1991), Çıtı Pıtı Hanım (Mrs. Dainty, 1991), Beyaz Kanatlı Kuş (The Bird With White Wings, 1990).

NOVEL: Evime Dönüyorum (I Am Going back Home, 1991).

REFERENCE: Kaynak Şiir dergisi (Şubat 1952), TDE Ansiklopedisi (c. VII, 1990), Feyzi Halıcı / Parlamenter Şairler (1990), Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi Albümü 1920-1991 (1994), Türkiye’de Kim Kimdir (2000), 2000’li Yıllarda Bütün Yönleriyle Sungurlu (2000), İhsan Işık / 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), Söylem dergisi (Haziran-Temmuz 2002), Çoluk Çocuk dergisi (Ekim 2002), Mehmet Atilla Maraş / Şair Milletvekilleri 1 - 22. Dönem 1920-2005 (2005).