Poet and writer.
Kemal Yalçın, was born in 5 September 1952 in Honaz county, in the city of
Denizli. He studied at the school of the Isparta Gönen Teachers Academy &
graduated from the İstanbul University Faculty of Literature Department of
Philosophy. He was teaching philosophy, journalism and publishing, in Turkey
among others. After the military coup on September 12/1980, he defected to
Germany & he lived 13 years as Haymatlos.
His writing
career began in 1973. He wrote & published all his books in Germany. In all
his poetry books, story books and novels he always used the peace, the
friendship, social harmony, social cohesion, social life, the human love, and
nature as his theme. He wrote and published documentary novels and poems on the
topics that became taboo in Turkey. Therefore he was sentenced by Turkish Legal
& Judiciary System, but he acquitted. He wrote & published eight books
on the topics of “1915 Armenian and Assyrian Genocide”. “You Rejoice My Heart
“was one of the documentary novels that, was destroyed in İstanbul in 2001.
In his book
“Haymatlos”, he is talking about the Nazi Regime between 1933-1945, he is
mentioning what the German scientists went thru when they run away to Turkey to
stay away from the Nazi Regime and also what kind of life they had experienced.
In Germany 2014, he published a book in three volumes named “The Syrians &
Seyfo” regarding the genocide against the Syrians that happened back in 1891.
He also published children's books in two languages in Germany. They translated
all his books into several languages such as English, Italian, Spanish, Greek,
German, Armenian, Dutch, & Persian in Germany. He is residing in Germany
since 1989 and he is teaching Turkish language in a school in the city of
“Bochum“.
Kemal Yalçın was born in
Denizli in 1952. After finishing Isparta Gönen Teacher′s School, he graduated
from the Philosophy Department at Istanbul University. He then taught
philosophy at several high schools such as Kaman High School (Kırşehir),
Kabataş High School (Istanbul), and Bakırköy High School (Istanbul). In 1978 he
retired from teaching and started working as a journalist. In 1982 Yalçın moved
to Germany and worked at the Philosophy Department of Bremen University. He
taught Turkish language at Essen University. Since 1989 Yalçın has taught
Turkish Language in the city of Bochum. Besides teaching, he has written poems,
novels, and stories, and published more than 35 books. His books have been
translated into different languages such as German, English, Italian, Spanish,
Greek, French, Iranian, Flemish, and Armenian language. Yalçın has received
many awards for his work.
His published
works:
Sürgün Gülleri (poetry)
Geç Kalan Bahar (poetry)
Emanet Çeyiz - Mübadele
İnsanları (documentary novel)
Yaşama Gücü (Distinguished
Prof. Dr. Onur Güntürkün′s life story)
Barış Sıcağı (poetry)
Seninle Güler Yüreğim
(documentary novel)
Sınıfta Çiçek Zor Açar
(stories)
Sarı Gelin (documentary novel)
Almanya′da Türkçe Anadil
Dersleri ve Anadile Emek Verenler (research)
Hayatta Kalanlar (life
stories)
Anadolu′nun Evlatları - Yüz
Yılın Tanıkları (life stories)
Kardeşlerim Var Uzaklarda
(life stories)
Haymatlos - Dünya Bizim
Vatanımız
Awards:
2013, Denizli
Sunak Literary Magazine Enlightenment Honorary Award
2008, Turkish
Literature Competition in Europe, the First Prize for Childrens literature
2000, Denizli Art
Lovers Association Honorable Mention
1999, Turkey –
Greece Friendship and Peace Prize
1998, Abdi İpekçi
Friendsip and Peace Special Prize
1998, Turkish
Ministry of Culture and Tourism Achievement Award for Novels
1996, Cologne
multicultural society Poetry First Prize
1991, Petrol – İş
Poetry First Award
REFERENCE: Biography – Books (kemalyalcin.com, 6 Ekim 2019),
Kemal Yalçın (Confirmation of information, 02.04.2021).