Poet and writer
(b. 29 April 1952, Gömü village / Emirdağ / Afyon – d. 19 February 2013, İzmir).
His father was a teacher who studied at Village Institute. He attended
His first
article (Düşlemek Neye Yarar, Why is
It Imagination for?) was published in the November 1985 issue of the review Öğretmen Dünyası. He published his later
works in the reviews such as Öğretmen
Dünyası, Yamaç, Kıyı, Aykırı, Sanat, Eylül, Anadolu Ekini, Parantez (Germany), Tan (Yugoslavia), Varlık, Damar, Karşı Berfin, Bahar, Evrensel Kültür, Yazın and Agora and in Cumhuriyet Kitap supplement and in the newspapers Demokrasi and Evrensel. He won Yeni Türkü Worthy Poet award in 1985 and came
first at Sabri Akay Poetry Award in 1986. He is a member of The Turkish Authors
Association and Writers Syndicate of Turkey.
WORKS:
POETRY: Sevgimi Sunuyorum Sana (I am Offering
Love to You, 1985), Hüzün Yağmurları (Rains
of Sadness, 1987), Öksüz Ülkenin
Söylencesi (The Legend of the Orphaned Country, 1990), Yaşamın Hakkarisindeki Militan (Militant in Hakkari of the Law,
1996), Büyükler Nerdesiniz (Where are
You Elders, 1997), Cinnet ve Cinayet (Insanity
and Murder, 1997), Aşk da Bitti (Love
is Over Too, 2001), Öksüz Ülkenin
Söylencesi (The Legend of the Orphaned Country, 2001), Lav ve Kül (The Lava and the Ash, 2004).
NARRATIVE: Eski Fotoğrafların Sesi (Voice of the
Old Photographs, 1998), Uçurum Aşklar
Tiradı (Tirade of Precipice Loves, 1999).
RESEARCH: Mevlânâ / Yaşamı ve Şiirleri (Mevlana /
Life and Poetry, 2000), Hacı Bektaş Veli (Hacı
Bektaş Veli, 2001), Öner Yağcı - Umuttan
İnada (Öner Yağcı – From Hope to Obstinacy, 2001).
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: Keloğ–lan
ve Cinler Padişahı (Keloğlan and The Sultan of Jinn’s, 1998), Güneş Ülkesine Uçuş (Flight to the
City of the Sun, 1999).
