Şevket Yücel

Poet and writer (b. 2 March 1930, Süleymanlı subdistrict / Kahramanmaraş – d. 3 February 2001, Kahramanmaraş). He attended Süleymanlı District Primary School (1943) and graduated from Dicle Village Institute (1951) and the Gazi Institute of Education (1959). He worked as a primary school teacher in his district (1951-59). He passed the exams of the Ankara Gazi Institute of Education, Department of Literature externally and was appointed to Kahramanmaraş High School as a teacher of literature. Besides teaching there, he also served as assistant headmaster for three years (1960-81). After he officially retired, he gave lessons on Turkish and literature in private schools for university preparation courses for a time (1984). He was a member of the Turkish Writers Syndicate and the Turkish Authors Association.

His first work was a research paper, published in the review Varlık (15 March, 1964, issue 618). Afterwards he wrote in reviews such as Varlık, Türk Dili, Hisar, Edebiyat Dergisi, Ilgaz, İmece, Güney, Meltem, Edebiyat Cephesi, Hakmiyet Sanat, Ozanca, Oluşum, Sesimiz, Yeditepe, Yaba, Ekin, Kıyı, Şiir-Öykü, Damar, Çağdaş Türk Dili, Yansıma, Abece, Söylem, İnsancıl, Kiraz, Karşı, and Öğretmen Dünyası. In 1970 he won the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation’s Essay Achievement Award and Special Jury Award in the competition held by Ethos Universal Culture House in honor of the third anniversary of Humanist International, with his essay Yalnızlıktan Kurtulmak (Freed from Loneliness).

WORKS:

SHORT STORY: Görmeden Gidenler (Ones Who Go Without Looking, 1966), Güneşin Parmakları (Fingers of the Sun, 1970), Bir Sevgi Adamı (A Man of Love, 1983).

POETRY: Kuş Gölgesi (Shadow of a Bird, 1967), Umut Bir Gül Uzatırken (While Hope Hands a Rose, 1986), Sevgi Güneşi (Sun of Love, poetry, story, essay, 1996).

ESSAY: Kendini Yenilemek (Self Renewal, 1976), Boşta Bırakanlar (The Unused Who Leave, 1979), Beyaz Sesler (White Sounds, 1984), Sözcüklerle Öpüşmek (Kissing the Words, 1998), Şiirle Gelen Aşk (Love that Comes with Poetry, 2001).

CHILDREN’S SHORT STORY: Çocukla Keklik (The Child and the Partridge, 1977), Sakar Oğlak (Little Clumsy Goat, 1980), Barış İstiyorum (I Want Peace, 1996).

NOVEL: Şiirle Gelen Aşk (Love That Comes with Poetry, 2003).

REFERENCE: Tahir Alangu / Görmeden Gidenler (Varlık Yıllığı, 1967), M. Eminoğlu / Şevket Yücel’in Kitapları (Meltem dergisi, sayı: 9, Temmuz 1968), Muzaffer Uyguner / Güneşin Parmakları (Hisar dergisi, sayı: 82, Ekim 1975), TDE Ansiklopedisi (c. 8, 1976-98), Seyit Kemal Karaalioğlu / Resimli Türk Edebiyatçılar Sözlüğü (1982), Yurt Ansiklopedisi (c. VIII, 1982-1983), İhsan Işık / Yazarlar Sözlüğü (1990, 1998) - 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),    Osman Nuri Poyrazoğlu / Yüzyüze Görüşmeler (1997), Ahmet Özer / Sanatının 40. Yılında Şiirden Denemeye Bir Yoğun Emek (Kıyı dergisi, sayı:154, Ocak 1999), Ali Taş / Sözcüklerle Öpüşmek (Çağdaş Türk Dili, sayı: 131, Ocak 1999), Behçet Necatigil / Edebiyatımızda İsimler Sözlüğü (18. bas. 1999), Şükran Kurdakul / Şairler ve Yazarlar Sözlüğü (gen. 6. bas. 1999), Osman Nuri Poyrazoğlu / Kitap Kitap Şiir Gelir Bizlere (2000), Hasan Akarsu / Şiirler Değdi Sevdaya (2000), Hasan Akarsu / Şiirin Kanatlarında Mektuplar (2001), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), Şevket Yücel Üzerine Yazılanlar - Mustafa Okumuş / Kendini Kendinde Aşan İnsan (Alkış dergisi, Ocak-Şubat 2003), Mehmet Nuri Yardım / Yazar Olacak Çocuklar (2004).