Ahmed Arif

Şair

Doğum
21 Nisan, 1927
Ölüm
02 Haziran, 1991
Eğitim
Ankara University Faculty of Language History and Geography Department of Philosophy
Burç
Diğer İsimler
Ahmet Önal

Poet (b. 1927, Diyarbakır – d. 1991, Ankara). After attending primary and secondary education in Diyarbakır, he studied at Ankara University, Faculty of Language, History and Geography, Department of Philosophy for a while. Since he was arrested twice because of his political views and actions (1950, 1952), which were regarded to be against the Article 141, he could not complete his studies at the university. He worked as proof-reader, technical secretary and journalist. 

His poems were published in reviews such as İnkılapçı Gençlik, Yeryüzü, Seçilmiş Hikâyeler, Yeni Ufuklar and in Papirüs between 1948 and 54. His only poetry book Hasretinden Prangalar Eskittim (I Wore Out Shackles with Your Yearning) has become the most published works and one of the best-selling poetry books, and thus brought a deserved fame to its author. His poems, which reflect the grief of Southeastern people in an emotional and deep narration attracted great attention. After his death, it was rumored that he had an unpublished poetry book with the title Kalbim Dinamit Kuyusu (My Heart is a Deep Well of Dynamites) to be published; however, such book has not been published yet. 

REFERENCE: Salim Şengil / Ahmed Arif (Seçilmiş Hikâyeler, Temmuz 1956), Veysel Öngören / Ahmed Arif’le Bir Konuşma (Ankara Birliği dergisi, Mart 1970), Mehmet Kaplan / Cumhuriyet Devri Türk Şiiri (1973), Gülten Akın / Türk Şiirinde İşlem Gelişimi Üstüne Notlar (Sinan Yıllığı, 1973), Nihat Behram / Ahmed Arif’le Bir Konuşma (Militan, Şubat 1975), Enver Yorulmaz / Ahmed Arif (Çaba dergisi, 1989), 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 (2007) – Ünlü Edebiyatçılar (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 4, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013) - Diyarbakır Ansiklopedisi (2013) – Geçmişten Günümüze Diyarbakırlı İlim Adamları Yazarlar ve Sanatçılar (2014), Refik Durbaş / Ahmed Arif Anlatıyor: Kalbim Dinamit Kuyusu, (1990), Ahmet Oktay / Karanfil ve Pranga (1990), Can Yücel (Milliyet, 3.6.1991), Muzaffer İlhan Erdost / Üç Şair: Nâzım Hikmet, Cemal Süreya, Ahmed Arif (1994), Şevket Beysanoğlu / Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türk Edebiyatının Diyarbakırlı Üç Büyük Şairi: Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Ahmed Arif, Sezai Karakoç (1997). 

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