Poet, writer and architect (b. 8 July 1953,
İzmir). He attended Robert College and graduated from İstanbul Technical
University, Faculty of Architecture (1978). He completed his M. A. at the same
university. He attended Hilmi Yavuz’s Philosophy lectures at Boğaziçi
University as a guest student for four terms. As an architect he participated
in Bayraklı, Tepekule, Antic İzmir City and Erythrai archeological excavations
and investigative excavation operations that
were supervised by Ord. Prof. Dr. Ekrem Akurgal for four years. Over seven
years he coordinated the preparation and publishing of the books Türk Evi (Turkish House), İstanbul Anıları (İstanbul Memories) and
Boğaziçi Anıları (Memories from the
Bosphorus) in Office of Architect Prof. Sedad Hakkı Eldem.
His poems and articles appeared in magazines such as Şiir Atı, Birikim, Yazko Edebiyat, Hürriyet
Gösteri, Oluşum, Poetika and Üç Çiçek.
He was awarded with the 5th Honorable Mention at the Mevlana Culture
Center Project Competition in the field of architecture. In the area of
literature, he received the 1998 Writers Union of Turkey Poetry Award for his
book Eyzan (So).
WORKS:
POETRY: Çarpık
Hüzünler Kantatı (Cantat of Crooked Sorrow, 1983), Anthropomorphus (Anthropomorphous,
1992), Eyzan (So, 1997), Nisyan / Rapsodi (Forgetting / Rhapsody,
2002).
ESSAY: Doğru
Yazılar (True Articles, 1999).