Poet and writer
(b. 1 September 1928, Harput / Elazığ). He attended
His first poem
with the title “Yalnızlık”
(Loneliness) was published in the collection of Yeni Şiirler (New Poems) in the review Varlık im 1951 and his later works appeared in reviews such as Varlık, Ufuklar, Yeni Ufuklar, Türk Dili,
Saçak, Oluşum, Çağdaş Türk Dili, Adam Sanat, Kıyı and in the newspaper Cumhuriyet.
He collected the Orhan Kemal Award in 1986 with Yukarışehir (Uptown), the Madaralı Novel Award in 1988 with Toprak Kurşun Geçirmez (The Land is
Bullet-proofed) and the Essay Award from the Ministry of Culture in 1999 with
his book Eksi Beş Kelaynak (Minus
Five Hermits). In 2004, the Turkish Authors Association acknowledged him with
the Honorary Gold Medal Award for his “Eminent contributions to universal art
and Turkish literature”. He is a member of the Writers Syndicate of Turkey, the
Language Society, the Turkish Authors Association and the Foundation for
Culture in Elazığ.
WORKS:
POETRY: Durur Bakar İbrahim (İbrahim Stopped and
Gazed, 1976), Dirlik Düzenlik Türküleri (Songs
of Peace and Quiet, 1980).
NOVEL: Yukarışehir (Uptown, 1986), Toprak Kurşun Geçirmez (The Land is
Bullet-proofed 1988), Yüz Uzun Yıl (A
Hundred Long Years, 1993), İsmet Paşa’nın
Ağır Topları (The Heavy Artillery of İsmet Paşa, 2003).
FAIRY-TALE: Büyülü Değirmen (Haunted Mill, 1998).
ESSAY: Eksi Beş Kelaynak (Minus Five Hermits,
2000), Romanların Dünyası (The World
of Novels, 2004).
In addition he
translated novels and travel notes which were serialized in the newspaper Afyon in 1961 and Dünya in 1979, but they have not been compiled and published in
book form.
