Yılmaz Gruda

Actor and poet (b. 14 June 1930, İstanbul- d. 27 June 2023, Istanbul). He left Ankara Commercial High School from second class. He worked as bank clerk and accountant for a while. After working as accountant in the newspaper Yeni Sabah in İstanbul for a while, he began to theatre in 1952. He worked as actor beginning with Pocket Theatre in 1956, in Little Stage-Dormen Theatre,  Ulvi Uraz Theatre, Ankara Square Stage, Nisa Serezli-Tolga Aşkıner Theater, Devekuşu Theatre, Ankara State Theatre. He played in more than 250 films. He directed the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation’s Ankara and İstanbul Radios and Muammer Karaca Theatre under İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality. He staged and played first time Tek Kişilik Gösteri: Çağdaş Meddah (One Man Show: Contemprory Meddah*)

His first poem “Memoya Mektup” (Letter to Memo) was published in the review Yağmur ve Toprak, other poems in the reviews Yağmur ve Toprak, Mavi, Şairler Yaprağı, Yeni Ufuklar, Pazar Postası, Yeditepe, Kaynak, Dost, Soyut, Varlık, Kitap-lık from 1945. He received the Behçet Aysan Poetry Award in 1999, the Yunus Nadi Poetry Award with his file Maraton (Marathon) in 2003.

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POETRY: Çarmıhtaki Yeni Mehmet (New Mehmet on the Cross, 1968), Kuyumcular (Jewelers, 1980), Çerçi Zeus (Peddler Zeus, 1997), Bir Çürümüş Kent Belgeseli (A Document of Rotten City, 2002), Maraton-Bir Uzun Koşu (Marathon-A Long Distance Run, 2002).

ESSAY: Şu Bizim Tiyatromuz (Our Theatre, 1976), Biraz Reklam Alır mısınız? (Would You Like Some Advertisement, 1986), Camdaki Düşman (Enemy on the Screen, Opinions about TV, with Türkân Gruda, 1991). 

REFERENCE:Behçet Necatigil / Edebiyatımızda İsimler Sözlüğü (18. bas. 1999), Şükran Kurdakul / Şairler ve Yazarlar Sözlüğü (6. bas. 1999), 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), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), Yılmaz Gruda / Bir Çürümüş Kent Belgeseli (2002), Mehmet Nuri Yardım / Edebiyatımızın Güleryüzü (2002), Şiirin uzun Yürüyüşü (Kitap Rehberi, Kasım 2002), H. Hüseyin Yalvaç / Yılmaz Gruda Şiirin Uzun Yürüyüşü (2002), Sevgi Özel / Marathon (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 4.7.2002), Yılmaz Gruda kitapları (sozcu.com.tr, diğer internet kitapçıları, 26.01.2019), Yılmaz Gruda (tiyatrolar.com.tr, 26.01.2019), Yılmaz Gruda (imdb.com, 22.03.2022), Yılmaz Gruda (sinematurk.com, 22.03.2022), Yılmaz Gruda (diziseti.tv, 22.03.2022), Yılmaz Gruda (beyazperde.com, 22.03.2022), TYS Vefat duyurusu (facebbook, 27.07.2023).