Poet and writer
(b. 15 August, 1961, Başarı / Çermik /
His poems have
been published in the reviews Oluşum,
Yeni Olgu, Edebiyat 81, Sanat Rehberi, Yarın, Broy, Yeni Düşün, Çağdaş Türk
Dili, Yazılı Günler, Düşler, Evrensel Kültür, Edebiyat ve Eleştiri, Varlık,
Gösteri and Ütopia since 1980. He
won the Temmuz Review Poetry Award in
1987, second rank in the 1989 Tayat Poetry Competition, the 1990 Cahit Sıtkı
Tarancı Award, second rank in the 1992 Union of Petrolium Worker’s 4th
Traditional Poetry Competition, the 1998 Sabri Altınel Poetry Competition and
the 1999 Orhon Murat Arıburnu 10th Anniversary Poetry Special Award. In
addition to winning international awards, his poems have been translated into
various languages and more than 20 of his poems have been set to music.
WORKS:
POETRY: Siste Kalabalıklar (Crowds in the Fog,
1985), Yurtsuz şiirler (Rootless
Poems, 1987), Talan İklimi (The
Season of Plundering, 1988), Aynı Göğün Ezgisi (The Melody of the
Same Sky, 1988), Feride (Feride, 1990),
Her Ömür Kendi Gençliğinden Vurulur (Every Life is Damaged by its
Youth, 1992), Günlerin Çarmıhında (In
the Shrouds of Days, 1994), Cehennem
Bileti (The Ticket to Hell, 1995), Nice
Küllerden (From So much Ash, poetry cassette, 1996), Aşk Bize Küstü (Love is Offended By Us, 1997), Hayat Gül Kokulu Bir Sağanak Yine (Life is Again a Rose Scented
Downpour, selections from his first five books, 1997), Çalınmış Bir Mahşer İçin Ahval (Situation of a Stolen Last
Judgment, 1999), Ey Hayat (Hey Life,
2000), Aşk Tek Kişiliktir (Love is
for One, selected prose verses, 2000). Konuşsam
Sessizlik Gitsem Ayrılık Bütün Şiirleri 1 / 1980-1990 (If I Speak then
Silence, If I Go then Separation, all his poems 1 / 1980-1990, 2000), Aşk Bize Küstü Bütün şiirleri 2 / 1990-2000
(Love is Offended by Us, All his Poems 2 1990-2000,
2000),
MEMOIR-NARRATION:
Eylül Defterleri: 1 1975-1985 (The
Notebooks of September, 1991).
STUDY-RESEARCH:
Şeyh Said İsyanı (The Revolt of Şeyh
Sait, documentary, 1989), Güney Doğu' da
Gazeteci Olmak (To Be Journalist in the Southeast, 1994).
SHORT STORY: Kül Aşklar (Ash Loves, 1991), Çocuklar ve Adresler (Children and
Addresses, 1992), Şafak, Kenya'da
Çıplaktı (The Dawn was Naked in
Kenya, film stories, 1998), Çocuklara
Hikâyeler (Short Stories for Children, 1998), Kül Aşklar: Bütün Hikâyeleri 1 (Ash Loves: All Short Stories 1,
2001), Kuşlar Uzaktı Sonra: Bütün
Hikâyeleri 2 (Then Birds were Faraway, All Poems 2, 2001).
INTERVIEW: Hüzün
mü? Başım Gözüm Üstüne (Sorrow? I Accept it with Pleasure, 1993).
ESSAY: Sevginin Herkesten Şikâyeti Var (Love
Complains About Everybody, 1996), Düş ve
Yaşam (Dream and Life, 1996), Hayat
Bilgisi Notları (The Notes of the Knowledge of Life, 2001).
JOURNAL: Bütün Kanamalar Umuttan (All Bleeding is From Hope, 1996).
ANTHOLOGY: 1975-2000 Son Çeyrek Yüzyıl Şiir Antolojisi
(The Last 15 Years, 2000), Yılmaz
Odabaşı'nın Seçtiği Aşk Şiirlerleri (Love Stories, selected by Yılmaz
Odabaşı, 2001).