Poet and writer (b.
1946, Kars). He graduated from Haydarpaşa High School. He could not complete
his higher education since he was arrested by an assertion that he had behaved
in contrary action to clauses 141, 146 and 246 of Penal Codes when he was a student
in School of Journalism
He worked in Vatan newspaper and in Güney Publishing for a while. He went
abroad after 12 September 1980. He was expatriated since he did not obey the
call for coming back to the homeland due to a lawsuit by council of ministers.
He came back to homeland in 1996. His poems and writings were published
in periodicals, Soyut, Gerçek, Halkın Dostları (1968-70)
and Militan (1975-76) and Güney, which he published with his
brother, Ataol Bahramoğlu.
He is one of the inheritors
of Turkish socialist poetry. He affected the poetry after him. Behram, who is
one of the recent writers who had been faced with political accusations, wrote
on nature, love, joy of life without leaving his opposing attitude and has
become one of the qualified contributors of Turkish poetry.
WORKS:
POETRY: Hayatımız Üzerine Şiirler
(Poems on Our Lives, 1972), Fırtınayla
Borayla Denenmiş Arkadaşlıklar (The Friendships Tested by Storm and Squall,
1974), Dövüşe Dövüşe Yürünecek
(Walking by Fighting, 1976), Hayatı
Tutuşturan Acılar (The Sufferings that Enkindle Life, 1978), Irmak Boylarında Turaç Seslerinde (Near
the River, in the Turaç Songs, 1980),
Savrulmuş Bir Ömrün Günlerinde (In the Days of a Flinged Life, 1982), Militan (The Militant, 1984), Ayışığı Yana Yana (Moonlight by
Lighting, 1986), Yine de Gülümseyerek (By
Smiling Anyway, 1987), Cenk Çeşitlemesi
(The Variety of Battle, 1988), Kundak (Arson,
2000), Ayrılık da Yakışıklıdır (Leaving
is Also Handsome), Yalın Yürek (A
Simple Heart), İntikam Alır Gibi (Like
Taking Revenge), Hayatın Şarkısı (The
Song of Life, between 1967-2004 N. Behram poetry complete work, 2004).
ANTHOLOGY: Türk Halk ve Dünya Edebiyatı'ndan Başkaldırı
Şiirleri Antolojisi (Anthology of Poetry of Rebel from Turkish Folk and
World Literature, 2002).
NOVEL: Gurbet (Forign Land, 1987), Lanetli Ömrün Kırlangıçları (Swallows of
Cursed Life, 1991), Kız Ali (Ali, the
Girl, 1998), Miras (Heritage,
2004).
OTHER WORKS:
Darağacında Üç Fidan (Three Sapling
in Gallows, the story of Deniz Gezmiş and his friends that were hanged after 12
March 1971, 1976), Ser Verip Sır Vermeyen
Yiğit (The Hero that Never Confides a Secret,
Documantory about İbrahim Kaypakkaya, 1976), Kuyruğu
Zilli Tilki (A Fox with a Bell on its Tale, for kids, 1979), Göğsü Kınalı Serçe (The Sparrow That Has
Hennaed Breast, for kids, 1980), Özlemin Dili Olsa (If Longing Can Speak, reports, interviews,
conversations, 1999), Yılmaz Güney’le
Yasaklı Yıllar (Prohibitied Years with Yılmaz Güney, memoir-letter, 2001).
His books
were published as Collected Works in 1998, his poems were republished as a
group in the name of Hayatın Şarkısı
(The Song of Life).
REFERENCE: 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 (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007), Behçet Necatigil / Edebiyatımızda İsimler Sözlüğü (18. bas. 1999), Şükran Kurdakul / Şairler ve Yazarlar Sözlüğü (gen. 6. bas. 1999), Çetin Yiğenoğlu / Düşle Gerçeğin Harmanında - Ali Özenç Çağlar / Özlemin Dili Olsa (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 24.2.2000), Leyla Şahin / Nihat Behram’ın Yeni Şiirleri: ‘Kundak’ Acının ve Umudun Estetiği (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 26.10.2000), TBE Ansiklopedisi (c.1, 2001), Türk Halk ve Dünya Edebiyatı’ndan Başkaldırı Şiirleri Antolojisi (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 7.3.2002), Enver Ercan / Söyleşi (Varlık Kitap, Nisan 2002), İnan Kızılkaya / Miraz (Radikal Kitap, 10.9.2004), Gülce Başer / Söyleşi (Varlık Kitap, Temmuz 2004).
