Poet and
painter (b. 9 February 1957, İstanbul). He graduated from Üsküdar Evening
High School. He has been
engaged in a very wide range of work from sales assistant to commission agent,
albeit mostly in reviews as a proofreader. Besides writing poetry and articles,
he is a painter. His poems and critiques have been published in the reviews Varlık, Uç, E, No, Cumhuriyet Kitap. He
collected the Orhon Murat Arıburnu Poetry Award in 1994 with his poetry book Küs (Offended).
WORKS:
(Poetry):
Kışkırtıcı Erguvan (Provocative
Judas Tree, 1987), Küs (Offended,
1993), Bayan Elma (Mrs. Apple, 1997), Aşk Canım Benim (Love Is My All,
poetry/story, 1998), Aşkın Kırkbir Hali (Forty
One States of Love, 1999), Mucize Tozları
(Miracle Powder, 2002).