Polat
Onat was born on October 21, 1979 in Istanbul. He spent his childhood in
Istanbul due to his father's civil service.
His hometown is Bursa.
Onat
started primary school in Bursa. He continued in Gümüşhane. He graduated from
Isparta Şarkikaraağaç Atatürk Primary School in 1990. He completed Isparta
Şarkikaraağaç Secondary School in 1993.
He
started his high school education at Samsun Veterinary Health Vocational High
School. Later, he transferred to Istanbul Selimiye Veterinary Health Vocational
High School. He graduated from high school, which he attended as a free
boarding student, in 1996. In the same year, he won the Department of Classroom
Teaching at Samsun 19 Mayıs University.
While
continuing his university education, he was appointed as a Veterinary Health
Technician to the Elazığ Karakoçan District Directorate of Agriculture in 1998.
He graduated from university in 2000 by both studying and working.
In
2002, he completed his military service for a short period in Erzurum / Ilıca.
In
2003, he applied for a transition to teaching and was appointed to Batman
Sakarya Primary School as a classroom teacher. Afterwards, he started working
at Batman Zübeyde Hanım Primary School in 2010.
He
started writing and publishing poetry in 2000.
His
poems and articles on poetry were published in the magazines: Varlık, E, Heves,
Başka, Kavram Karmaşa, Şiir Ülkesi, Sepya, Budala, Kuzey Yıldızı, İmlasız, Ağır
Ol Bay Düzyazı, Daktilo, Ay, Akatalpa until 2004.
Polat
Onat won the Rıfat Ilgaz Poetry Award in 2002.
As
of 2005, he stopped writing in literary magazines, preferring to follow the
magazines as a reader only.
In
2009, his first book "The End" was presented to the reader.
In
2013, five of his poems were translated into English and included in the
selection of Turkish Poetry Today, edited by George Messo.
Polat Onat won the İsmet Kemal Karadayı Poetry
Award in 2017 with his file "Dark Breakfast".
Polat
Onat won the İsmet Kemal Karadayı Poetry Award with his book "Dark
Breakfast" in 2017.
In
2018, he was among the cited "Source Authors" in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's
"The Wild Pear Tree" movie.
Polat
Onat has published 8 novels, 13 story books, 6 poetry books, 4 essay books and
16 children's books.
POLAT ONAT BOOKS
* Poetry Books: -6-
- The End / "2002 Rıfat Ilgaz
Poetry Award" (2009)
- Death of the Old Man (2011)
- Dark Breakfast / "2017
İsmet Kemal Karadayı Poetry Award" (2018)
- Sessions of Quitting Poetry /
"All His Poems" (2019)
- The Book of Esmaül Hüsna, the
Legendary Work of Berat Münzevî (2021)
- Killer Poets Anthology (2021)
*Novels: -8-
- A Poetry Book and Preface by a
Country Barber Who Committed Suicide / "Postmodern Novel" (2012,
2018)
- Last 99 Days to Doomsday /
"Apocalyptic Science Fiction Novel" (2016, 2020)
- Immortal Sentences / "Whodunit"
(2017, 2021)
- A Strange Journey on the
Kurtalan Express / Going to See Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca "Autobiographical
Novel " (2018, 2022)
- I Didn't Kill Poets / "Whodunit"
(2018)
- Poison in the Light / "Apocalyptic
Novel" (2019, 2022)
- Mysterious Book of Secrets /
"Panoramic Novel" (2020)
- Turkey's Best Living Writer /
"Psychological Novel" (2021)
* Story Books: -13-
- Nine Events You Will Encounter
in 2079 / "Cosmic Sci-Fi" (2019)
- Before The World Collapsed /
"Dystopian Sci-Fi" (2019, 2022)
- Supermind News from the Future /
"Chaotic Sci-Fi" (2019)
- Dark Universe Prophecies /
"Innovative Sci-Fi" (2019)
- Variable Cosmos Theory /
"Mystical Sci-Fi" (2020)
- Welcome to Android Park /
"Futuristic Sci-Fi" (2020)
- Coronavirus Quarantine Diaries /
"Actual Sci-Fi" (2020)
- Space Exploration Myth /
"Esoteric Sci-Fi" (2020)
- All Cats Are Alien /
"Cybernetic Sci-Fi" (2021)
- Patient Zero / "Spiritual
Sci-Fi" (2022)
- Incredible Time Travels /
"Thematic Sci-Fi" (2022)
- Robot Empire / "Thematic
Sci-Fi" (2022)
- Alien / "Thematic
Sci-Fi" (2022)
* Essay Books: -4-
- Every Child is Wonderful (2017)
- The 99 Best Films About
Authorship (2017, 2021)
- The Country Letter Incident (2021)
- With Your Permission I Have Some
Objections (2022)
* Children's
Literature: -16-
- The Mystery of the Poetry Locket
(2013, 2020)
- Flowers from the Word (2014)
- A Perfect Day at Boarding School
(2017, 2018, 2019, 2021)
- Secrets of the Poetry Fairy (2017)
- Mysterious Boarding School-1 / "Brotherhood
of Secret" (2017, 2020, 2022)
- Math Forest Tales (2018)
- Turkish Language Sea Tales (2018)
- A Perfect Week at Boarding
School (2018)
- Mysterious Boarding School-2 / "Planet
Travelers" (2018, 2020, 2022)
- Tales to Read in 1 Minute (2019)
- Mysterious Boarding School-3 / "Land
of Oceania" (2020, 2022)
- Mysterious Boarding School-4 / "Dangerous
Visitor" (2020, 2022)
- Mysterious Boarding School-5 / "Heroic
Universe" (2020, 2022)
- What Happened After Nasreddin
Hodja Jokes? (2020)
- Little YouTuber Cincem and Her Sister
Instagram Phenomenon Ayşetek's Awesome Battle (2021)
- Four Winged Angel at Work (2021)
REFERENCE: Aziz Kemal Hızıroğlu /
Polat Onat ve ‘Son’ Sessizliği (Eliz Edebiyat, Şubat 2010), Hakkı Çınar /
Bekleyiş Şiirleri (Bireylikler, Ocak-Şubat 2010), Behçet Yani / “Son” (Şiiri
Özlüyorum, Mart-Nisan 2010), Hüseyin Peker / Kitap Sırtına Yazılanlar (Kurşun
Kalem, Temmuz-Ağustos 2010), Ahmet Günbaş / Şiirden Şiire XVII (Zalifre
Yazıları, Aralık-Ocak 2011), Turan Karataş / “İhtiyarın Vefatı” (Yeni Şafak
Kitap eki, Sayı:54), Mehmet Gökyayla / Sezgileriyle Yazan Bir Şair (Şiirden,
Kasım-Aralık 2011), Cevat Akkanat / Bir Melalname: “İhtiyarın Vefatı” (Millî
Gazete, 26 Mayıs 2011), Hüseyin Avni Cinozoğlu / Bir Anti Kahraman: Âdem Yoksun
(Zalifre Yazıları, Sayı: 18), Serdar Çelik / Bir Berberin Manifestosu (Zaman,
Kitap Zamanı eki, 7 Ocak 2013), Cafer Yıldırım / Her Şair Sonuçta Bir Adem
Yoksunu’dur (Aydınlık Kitap Eki, 11 Ocak 2013), Polat Onat
(polatonat.blogspot.com, 29.01.2022), Information Form and Confirmation (2022).
