Poet,
musician, painter (b. 1952, Prizren / Kosovo).
After he completed high school in his hometown, he studied at the School
of Law for some time. Leaving his studies, he began to work at the newspaper Tan. Interested
in painting and music apart from journalism, he was one of the founders of the
music group Yeşil Turnalar Bağlamalar
Ekibi (Green Cranes Folk Instrument Group), which began performing in 1969;
he managed this group for nine years. He
collected folk songs sung in Prizren and composed original musical works. He
became the editor-in-chief of the journals Doğru
yol and Çığ that he published
with a few friends of his in 1971. He
prepared culture and art related programs on Pristina Television from 1980.
Tan
Publishing in Kosovo selected his poetry book Çetrefil Sevda (Complicated Love) as book of the year in 1990. He has concentrated on drawing and oil
painting in more recent years. His poems
have been published in journals and anthologies in various languages in Yugoslavia
and in many journals in Turkey. He
publishes a children’s journal called Türkçem
(My Turkish) in Prizren. He received the
Special Poetry Award from the journal Temmuz
(İzmir) in 1987.
WORKS (Poetry):
Gurur Duy Sen 20. Yüzyıl (20th Century, Feel Honored, 1980), Sevginin Rengini Arıyorsanız (If You are Looking For the Color of
Love, 1982), Düşünce Us'a Durmadı Daha
(Reason Has not Reached Intelligence Yet, 1987), Çetrefil Sevda (Complicated Love, 1990), Vurmazsam Namerdim - Ben Şairim (If I Do Not Shoot, I am Despicable
– I am a Poet, 1998).
