Storywriter (b. 9 March 1945, Eğricek /
Kangal / Sivas). He attended Eğricek
Village Primary School (1960) and graduated from Malatya Commercial High School
(1966) and the Advanced Commerce and Tourism Teacher Training School
(1970). He worked as a teacher for a
long time (1970-80), as director in a business (1984-89) and then he managed a
business that he established himself. He
stayed in prison for two years during the 12 September period (1981-83). He is a member of the Writers Syndicate of
Turkey, the Foundation of 68s, the Pir Sultan Abdal Culture Association
(general president), the Human Rights Association and the Aşık Veysel
Association.
His first short story Güller Kitaplara (Roses for the Books) appeared in the journal Varlık in 1986. In the following years,
he had his other articles published in reviews such as Varlık, Damar, Evrensel Kültür, İnsancıl,
Karşı, Kıyı, Pir Sultan Abdal, Nefes, Türk Dili and in newspapers Cumhuriyet, Siyah Beyaz, Evrensel. He received an honorable mention from the
Association
of Solidarity of the Families of Prisoners
with his file Öykü Demeti (A Bunch of Stories) in
WORKS:
SHORT STORY: Güller Kitaplara (Roses for the Books, 1988), Dolmuşta Bir Kadın (A Women on the Bus, 1990), Karadeniz Dağ Kartalı (Mountain Eagle of the Black Sea, 1991), Karın Altı Kardelen (Under the Snow
There Is Snowdrop, 1993), Yaşam Bir
An'lar Toplamıdır (Life Is a Total of Memories, 1995), Bütün Ülke Yeşil Vadi (All the Country is a Green Valley, 1997), Dil Bağı (Language Vineyard, 1999).
REVIEW-RESEARCH: Sivas'tan Sydney'e Pir Sultan (Pir Sultan From Sivas To Sydney, 1994), Pir Sultan'da Birlik Mücadelesi (The Identity Struggle of Pir Sultan, 2002).
REFERENCE: Cemil Kavukçu / Kesit: Ali Balkız Öykücülüğü (Damar dergisi, Ekim 1991), Metin Turan / Hep Beni Öpüp Hem de Niçin Ağlarlar ki (Yazılı Günler dergisi, Nisan 1991), Sennur Sezer / Yaşam Bir An'lar Toplamıdır (Evrensel gazetesi, 21.4.1996), Ülkü Çağın / İyimserlik, umut, sevgi ve güzelliğin öykücüsü - Zerrin Taşpınar / "Öyküleri okurken Pan flütünü üflüyor durmadan" - Hüseyin Atabaş / Bütün Ülke Yeşil Vadi mi? - Öner Yağcı / Ali Balkız'ın Öykücülüğü - Yok olan doğaya özlem (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 27.4.2000), Tanzimat’tan Bugüne Edebiyatçılar Ansiklopedisi (2001), 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) - Ünlü Edebiyatçılar (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 4, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013).
YÜZÜSTÜ DÜŞLER (ABANDONED DREAMS)
The
writer deals with the relationships in rural life, which has been gradually
forgotten with the social modernization and neglected in literature. His line
of reality, which he has achieved by examining his own roots and facing the sum
of past lives, connects him to the main vein of our literature.
Women,
children, young people, clinging to joy of living despite all cumbersomeness of
life, seem to fly out of the stories and set out to the existence of the city
we live in.
ALİ BALKIZ
He was
born in 1945 in Sivas. He graduated from Ankara Commerce and Tourism Teacher
Training School (1970). He is in independent business since 1984.
His first short story Güller Kitaplara
(Roses for the Books) appeared in the journal Varlık in 1986. In the following
years, he had his other articles published in reviews such as Varlık, Evrensel
Kültür, İnsancıl, Türk Dili and in newspapers Cumhuriyet, Siyah Beyaz,
Evrensel.
