Veysel Öngören

Poet (b. 1931, Hacıkân village / Diyarbakır – d. 30 September 1998). He finished primary and secondary school in Tavşanlı and high school in Afyon (1949). After he studied Turkish Language and Literature at Istanbul University, Faculty of Literature for two years (1951-52), he left the university and lived in the village where he was born for seven years. In 1961 he went to Ankara and studied at Ankara University, Faculty of Language, History and Geography. He worked for the newspaper Vatan and in the Foreign News Service at the Turkish Radio and Television Institution for some time then he returned to his village again. His articles and poems were published in journals and newspapers such as Dost, Yeni Ufuklar, Türk Dili, Ulus, Türkiye Yazıları.

WORKS:

Remo ve Salo (Remo and Salo, 1979), Vay Gözüm (Oh My Dear, 1981), Remtelebe (Remtelebe, 1982), Koca Ülke (Grand Country, 1983), Arif'in Kızı (Arif’s Daughter, 1987). Şiir ve Yenilik (Poem and Innovation, 1997)., Çetele (Hazırlayan İbrahim Oluklu, 2020).

REFERENCE: Şükran Kurdakul / Şairler ve Yazarlar Sözlüğü (1971), M. Vural (Türkiye Yazıları, Nisan 1980), Yurt Ansiklopedisi (c. IV, 1982), TDE Ansiklopedisi (c. VII, 1990), İhsan Işık / Yazarlar Sözlüğü (1990, 1998) - Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2007) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013) - Diyarbakır Ansiklopedisi (2013) - Geçmişten Günümüze Diyarbakırlı İlim Adamları Yazarlar ve Sanatçılar (2014), Şevket Beysanoğlu / Diyarbakırlı Fikir ve Sanat Adamları (c. 3, 1997, s. 331), Hüseyin Atabaş / Vay Kurban!.. (Damar, Kasım 1998), TBE Ansiklopedisi (c. 2, 2001), Tahir Abacı / Şiir Kitapları Sözlüğü 16: Arif’in Kızı (Yasakmeyve, Temmuz-Ağustos 2006), "Öncü Geyiğin Ardında Veysel Öngören" (Kıyı Dergisi, Temmuz-Ağustos 2015, sayı: 302).