Short story and novel writer (b. 1
January 1950, Trabzon). He completed his primary and secondary education in
Ankara. He graduated from Ankara Gazi Institute of Education (Gazi University Faculty of Education) Department of Turkish Language (1975). He has
worked as a teacher at secondary schools. He works in Ankara. He is a member of
the Turkish Authors Association. He received the Six Point Blind Foundation
Short Story Award (1987) and the Kırmızıfare Achievement Award (1996) with his
various short stories.
WORKS:
SHORT-STORY:
Oyunun İçi (Inside the Play, 1978), Sürgün Meyveye Durdu (A Shoot Is to Bear
Fruit, 1978), Sessiz Muhalefet
(Silence Opposition, 1992), Yanımızdaki
(The One That is Near Us, 1994), Mor ve
Kül (Purple and Ash, 1995), Annem
(My Mother, 1998), Düşler Yaşam Olsa
(If Dreams Are Lives, 1998), Bir
Ölümsüzlüktür Sevi (Love is an Immortality, 1999).
NOVEL:
Mor Mevsim (The Purple Season, 1994).
POETRY:
Sonbaharda Yaşamaşk (Living in autumn, 2001).
He has also written children’s books.
REFERENCE: Salih Bolat / İbram Erdem’in ‘Klâsik’ Öyküleri (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 4.3.1999), Hasan Akarsu / Sonbaharda Yaşamaşk (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 16.1.2003) - Şiirler-Den / İzler (2004), TBE Ansiklopedisi (c. 1, 2003), İhsan Işık / Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007).
