Poet and writer (b. 12
December 1938, Feriköy / Beyoğlu / İstanbul). His full name is Hasan Hüsrev
Hatemi. He is the brother of the poet and writer Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Hatemi. He
belongs to a family that emigrated from South Azerbaijan. His father, Ali Asgar
Hatemi, was born in Dilman City in Azerbaijan and came to Turkey with his
family in 1920. He attended Talat Paşa Primary School (1958) and graduated from
İstanbul University, Faculty of Medicine (1962). He entered the same university
as an assistant of internal diseases (1966). He became an associate professor
in 1971 and professor in 1978. He continued as a member of the same faculty.
His first poem titled İkbal
Gazeli (Prosperity Lyric Poem) was
published in the review İslâm in
1962. His other poems and essays were published in the reviews and newspapers, Fikir ve Sanatta Hareket (1966-79), Türk
Edebiyatı (1985-89), Cumhuriyet, Milliyet, Zaman, Mavera, Tarih ve
Toplum (1984-88) Tercüman (1989). He edited the annual publication, Tıp Tarihi Araştırmaları (Research on
the History of Medicine), with Prof. Dr. Nil Sarı. He won the first prize of
the poetry contest held by the review İslâm in 1963 with his only poem, İkbal Gazeli; the Writers Union of
Turkey Essay and Research Award in 1988 with his book Yozlaşmadan Uzlaşmak (Negotiating without Degenerating). He was
selected as the Poet of the Year in 1994. He is a member of Turkish Medical
Association and the Turkish Historical Society.
WORKS:
POETRY: Eski Kentte Bir Gece
(A Night In the Old City, 1968), Akşam
Gümrükçüleri (Evening Customs Officials, 1972), Şiirler (Poems, his poems published in his first two books with new
ones, 1984), Lodoscu (The
Beachcomber, 1987), Grili Çocuk (Grey
Child, 1988), Bütün Şiirleri (All
Poems, 1990), Gün Akşamladır (The Day
Comes with The Evening, 1994), Karton
Kutudan Güfteler (Lyrics from a Cardboard Box, 2002).
ESSAY: Yozlaşmadan Uzlaşmak
(Negotiating without Degenerating, 1988), Hoşça
Bak Zatına (Look At Yourself Nicely, 1989), Çelebi Bizi Unutma (Çelebi, Do Not Forget Us, 1990), Türkiye'den Çizgiler (Lines from Turkey,
1995), Baba Ben Druidmiyem (Dad, Am I
a Druid?, 1995), Çengelköy'de Bir Akşam
(A Night in Çengelköy, 1996).
RESEARCH: Türk Aydını-Dünü Bugünü (The Turkish
Intellectual- Past and Present, 1991), Bir
Bilim Dili Mücadelesi ve Tanzimat (A Struggle of A Science Language and the
Tanzimat, with Yeşim Işıl, 1990).
COLLECTION: Nasıl Okudum /Tevfik Sağlam Paşa'dan
(How Did I Study, by Tevfik Sağlam Paşa, 1981), 80 Yıllık Hatıralarım/Cemil
Topuzlu'dan (My 80-Year-Old Memoirs, by Cemil Topuzlu, 1982).
MEMOIR: Anıcak Ol Meclisi - Hatıralar 1 (The Assembly of Anıcak Ol – Memoirs I, 2001).
