Storywriter and novelist (b. 23 February 1950, İstanbul). He also wrote
under the pen name İbrahim Yusuf. He graduated from
His poems, essays and stories have been published in reviews such as Varlık, Oluşum, Cumhuriyet Kitap, Günümüzde
Kitaplar and Çerçeve since 1978. He
prepared two columns for five and six years respectively in which he introduced
old books, the first column was in the review Günümüzde Kitaplar and the second in Cumhuriyet; their names were Bir Zamanlar Bir Kitap
and Sarı Yapraklı Kitaplar. He wrote humorous stories under a pen name
in the humor magazine Gırgır. He published a selection of stories Yaşasın Edebiyat (Long Live Literature,
1987-92, 4 issues) first with Cengiz Öndersever and then with Metin Celal and
Ahmet Önel. His dossier Bıçkın ve
Ortahalli (A Rascal and a Man of Moderate Means) was praised at the 1980
Abdi İpekçi Novel competition.
The characters and events in his novels are multileveled. He gives
puzzles to be solved by his readers. He has the awareness of an inventive novel
and a social and political environment forms the background of his novels. He
completed his trilogy Eylül’den Sonra
(After September) with his latest novel Bıçkın
ve Ortahalli (A Rascal and a Man of Moderate Means). His trilogy started
with the novel Kuş Evinin Efendisi
(Master of the Bird House) and continued with Yaralı Kalmak (Staying
Wounded). These three independent novels that exceed a thousand pages represent
the devastation that the 12 September coup d’etat created on society and the
traumatic years and cultural climate of the 1980s.
WORKS:
SHORT STORY: Bir Cinayetin
Ekonomisi (An Economy of a Murder, 1986), Kaptan Gemide Kaçak Yolcu Var
(Captain, there is An Intruder on the Ship, ed. E. Batur, 2002).
NOVEL: Kuş Evinin Efendisi
(Master of the Bird House, 2000), Yaralı
Kalmak (Staying Wounded, 2001), Bıçkın
ve Orta Halli (A Rascal and a Man of Moderate Means, 2003), Hassas Ruhlar Şikayetçi Aşklar
(Sensitive Spirits, Annoying Loves, 2004).
ESSAY: Kumcul
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