Poet (b. 1954,
Oltu / Erzurum – d. 14 June 1983, Erzincan). He
completed his primary and elementary education in Oltu. He graduated from
Atatürk University, Faculty of Literature. His articles on folk literature were
published in the local newspapers of Erzurum while he was a student at
university. Afterwards, he worked for the review Edebiyat, which was directed by Nuri Pakdil, as a regular poet. His
poem Otel Odası (The Hotel Room) came
first at a poetry competition held by the review Adımlar.
In an article
written about him, he was defined as “a poet who shows the conflicts and
dilemmas of our time in his poetical structure with a fine sensitivity using
not only our poetry tradition but also our traditional notions.”
(Cumhuriyet, Yayın Dünyası)
WORKS (Poetry):
Satranç
Dersleri (Chess Lessons, 1983), Göğekin: İlhami Çiçek'in Anısına (The
Sky Harvest: In the Memoriam of İlhami Çiçek, selected poetry, 1991).
REFERENCE: Göğekin: İlhami Çiçek’ in Anısına (1991), Mehmet Aycı / Dalgın Bir Haziran Yolcusu: İlhami Çiçek (Ülke, 23-29 Haziran 1996, sayı: 3), Rahmi Kaya / “Çiçek” Toplantısı - İbrahim Demirci / Kemal Çiçek Oğlu İlhami’ye Dair - Ömer Lekesiz / Oralarda - Ali Karaçalı / Herşey Eninde Sonunda Sessizdir - Rahmi Kaya / Asfalta Kapaklanan Anka Nicoldu ki Kafdağında Oturuyordu - Ali Göçer / Hüzün Çiçeği - Atıf Bedir / Yalnız Hüznü Vardır Kalbi Olanın (Hece dergisi, sayı: 6, Haziran 1997), Arif Ay / Dokuz Kandil (1997), Abdülkadir Erkal / İlhami Çiçek’in Yayımlanmamış Bir Şiiri (Hece, sayı: 44, Ağustos 2000), Metin Cengiz / Satranç Dersleri (Varlık Kitap Eki, 1.12.2001), Serdar Akdağ / Şiir ve İnanç Bağı: Şair İlhami Çiçek (Yedi İklim, Nisan 2004), İhsan Işık / Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, 2007), Emre Gümüşdoğan / Düş kazasında yitirdiklerimiz (siirakademisi.com, 20.04.2016).
