Story writer. He was born on April
26, 1970 in Narman / Erzurum. He completed primary school in his district and
his secondary school and high school in Istanbul. He graduated from Istanbul
University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Sociology (1995). He completed
his masters’ and doctorate studies in the same university. He worked as a
lecturer at Afyon Kocatepe University Department of Sociology (1998-2004), then
at Selçuk University, Department of Sociology.
He started to write about literature
when he was at university. His first story was published on Yedi İklim journal in 1993. He published
his essays and stories in Hece and Heceöykü journals. He was actively
engaged in the fields of literature sociology, novel sociology and cultural sociology.
“Köksal Alver has a refined narration. He uses a clean and simple
Turkish. Love of Istanbul, love of folk songs and books can be seen in his
stories. His pure and humble narration and the themes chosen from life
represent Esendal. The problems of young person migrated from rural town to the
city, the friendships at the city, social problems are his areas of interest.”
(Necip Tosun)
“If we consider that the first thing modernity does is to dissolve the
“affiliation” ties, we can see that the current age makes it possible to
simultaneously conduct re-establishing affiliation ties with the concern of
existence. As Köksal Alver moves with space, he determines his story at this
point. The guidance of spaces caused him to be bound into “these lands” in Saklı
Yara (…) The theme of Saklı Yara, the narrator and utilization of space are
harmonious within this scope. Space means balance with existence.” (Ercan
Yıldırım)
WORKS:
STORY:
Saklı Yara (2004).
COMPILATION:
Edebiyat Sosyolojisi (2004), Edebiyat Sosyolojisi İncelemeleri
(2004), Kültür Sosyolojisi (with Necmettin Doğan, 2005).
REFERENCE:
Necip Tosun / Doksan Dokuz Sayının Öyküleri (Hece, issue: 100), Necip Tosun /
Köksal Alver’le Saklı Yara ve Öykü Üzerine Söyleşi - Ercan Yıldırım / Mekanla
Kurulan Mensubiyet: Saklı Yara (Hece April 2006).
