Poet and
writer (b. 1939,
İstanbul). He is a son of the poet and writer Nihal Atsız. He attended
Haydarpaşa High School and graduated from Bonn University. He has worked in the
field of radio, journalism and television. He has been a press councilor at the
Bonn Embassy. He has made broadcasts on various radio and television channels
and written for newspapers in Germany. He has made TV documentaries and
interviews. He works in İstanbul.
He has written articles in Cumhuriyet, Nokta, Pazar Postası, Akis, Yeni
Yüzyıl, Milliyet reviews and newspapers. His still writes articles for Tercüman newspaper and Türk Edebiyatı and Maya reviews. In 2002 he
won the Writers Union of Turkey Language Award with his work Meçhûl Bir Gazeteciye Mektublar (Letters
to an Unknown Journalist).
WORKS:
ESSAY-STUDY: Yeni Türk Edebi–yatı’ndan Seçmeler ve Çağdaş
Alman Edebiyatı’nda Türkiye İzlenimleri (Collec–tions from New Turkish
Literature and Impression of Turkey in Contemporary German Literature, 1976), Bloknot Çekmece Yazıları (Block Note -
Drawer Articles, 2000), Amerika’nın
Afganistanları (The Afghanistan of the United States, 2002), Bir Nal Koleksiyoncusu: Türkiye (A
Horseshoe Collector: Turkey, 1997), Cervantes
– İnebahtı’nın Tek Kollusu (Cervantes - One Armed of Lepanton, 1997, Germany), Meçhûl Bir Gazeteciye Mektublar (Letters
to an Unknown Journalist, 2002).
POETRY: Eine Frau um Vierzig (A Woman in her 40s, German and French Poems,
1985), Günlerimiz (Our Days, 1993), Unutkan
Şehir (Forgetful City, 1997).
