Poet
(b. 1939, Tokat). He graduated from Haydarpaşa High School (1959) and Ankara
University, Faculty of Political Sciences (1963). He worked as the director of
the İzmir District Statistic Directorate and after leaving this post (1968) as
teacher.
His
poems and articles were published in the reviews Yelken, Değişim, Türk Dili, YazkoEdebiyat from 1968. He translated poems from English. He received the Natıroğlu
Literature Award with Yüzün Senin (Your Face) in 1984.
WORKS:
POETRY:
Bozgunda (In Defeat, 1962), Ben Severek Büyürüm (I Grow up while
Loving, 1973), Yüzün Senin (Your
Face, 1983), Gece ve Genç Kız (Night
and Young Girl, 1994), Kuşların Geçerken
Çizdikleri (The Drawings of Birds
while Passing By, collected poems, 1994).
ESSAY-CRITIQUE:
Beni Irmak Boylarına Götür Anne
(Mother, Bring me to the Bank of River, 1998), Zamanın Sularında-Tarihsiz Günlükler (In the Water of Time-Diaries
Undated, 2000).
ANTHOLOGY:
İkinci Yeni Şiir Antolojisi (Anthology
of Second New Poetry, with Mehmet H. Doğan, 1969).
