Poet and writer (b. 1 July 1930,
Pınarbaşı / Kayseri – d. 4 August 2005, İstanbul). His real name is Osman Nuri
Doğan and his pen name is Kasırgaoğlu. He has also used Âbâd Osman, Kasırga
Onurdal, Osman Gazioğlu, Osman Kemal, Numan Evranos, Nuri Doğan and Onur Dolu
as pen names. He attended Pınarbaşı Primary School (1943), Ankara Gazi High
School (1951) and graduated from the Academy of Ankara, Economics and
Commercial Studies (1970). He worked for thirty-nine years at the Ankara Mechanical
and Chemical Industries Corporation and retired in 1939 when he was working as
the credit manager. The same year he moved to İstanbul and continued his
studies and life in the city.
His first poem Işığa Doğru (Towards the Light) was
published in the local newspaper Kızılırmak
in Sivas when he was a student at elementary school in 1942. His other works
were published in the newspapers and reviews such as Yayla (1942), Erciyes
(1940's), Kaynak (1950's), Varlık (1954), Dost (1960's), Türk Dili
(1980's), Türk Dili Dergisi (1990's),
Türkiye Yazıları (1970's), Yordam (1966), Pazar Postası (1958), Dönem
(1963) and in the review Özün (24
issues, May 1971-April 1973), which he published himself. In 1949 he was tried
for his first poetry book Toygan,
under the articles 141 and 142 of the criminal code but he was acquitted. He is
a member of the Turkish Authors Association and the Writers Syndicate of
Turkey.
WORKS:
POETRY: Toygan (Toygan, 1945), Sevmek Egemen (Love Prevails, 1975), Ağrılar Toprağı (Land of Pain, 1982), Tuzhurmatu (Tuzhurmatu, 1984), Günberi (Close Day, 1985), Külünk (1990), Apansız Panayır (Unexpected Fair, 1990), Alaza Kesem Yürek (Let Me Set my Heart on Fire, 1990), Zor Yol (Hard Road, 1990), Gebe Gece (Pregnant Night, 1990), Dinago Triosu (Trio of Dinago, 1990), Huahualar (Huahuas, 1991), Utkulu Kulvar (Victorious Track, 1991), Haykular ve Beyitler (Haikus and Staves,
1991), Bergamot (Bergamot, 1991), Geriye Saymak (Reverse Counting, 1991), Yıkanık Irıplar (The Washed up Nets, 1991), Kıyıda Horata (A Joke on the Coast, 1991), Günaydın Soyundan (Good Morning Lineage, 1991), Tanatımı (Dawning, 1991), Sın Adlı Ulu Yaya (The Sublime Walker
Called Sın, 1991).
RESEARCH: Zihni Hazinedaroğlu / Yaşamı ve Sanatı (Zihni
Hazinedaroğlu, His Life and Art, 1980), Zihni
Hazinedaroğlu ve Dört Oyunu (Zihni Hazinedaroğlu and His Four Plays, 1980).
RERFERENCE: M. Sunullah Arısoy (Barış, 6.1.1973), Cemal Süreya (Politika, 14.10.1975), Vecihi Timuroğlu / Göz Göz Olmak (1976), Ahmet Telli / Adamlar Adamlar: Osman Numan Baranus (Türkiye Yazıları, 1978), Nesin Vakfı Edebiyat Yıllığı (1981), 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), 50. Sanat Yılında Osman Numan Baranus: Şiiri Yüreğinin Atlası / Ahmet Erhan - İsmail Gümüş - İbrahim Karaoğlu - Yunus Koray - Çetin Öner (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 29.10.1992), Behçet Necatigil / Edebiyatımızda İsimler Sözlüğü (18. bas. 1999), Şükran Kurdakul / Şairler ve Yazarlar Sözlüğü (gen. 6. bas. 1999), Tuncer Uçarol / Tuzhurmatu. (Çağdaş Türk Dili, Haziran 1999), 60. Sanat Yılında Kabartaylı Bir Ozan: Osman Numan Baranus / İsmet Kemal Karadayı - Hüseyin Topçugil - Suna Aras - Mehrizat Poyraz (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 12.8.1999), Tanzimat’tan Bugüne Edebiyatçılar Ansiklopedisi 1 (2001), Abdullah Satoğlu / Kayseri Ansiklopedisi (2002), Hasan Bülent Kahraman /Baranus ya da Gizli Sözcüklerin Esrarı (Radikal, 12.8.2005), Hüseyin Atabaş / İyi Geceler Kalemler Tuşlar (Cumhuriyet, 30.8.2005), Bir Yiğit Baranus Var!: Vecihi Timuroğlu - Hüseyin Atabaş - Yunus Koray - Muhsin Şener - Özgen Seçkin - Tuncer Uçarol - Ahmet Telli (Damar, Kasım 2005), İhsan Işık / Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2. bas., 2009).
ESSAY: Anadamar (Jugular Vein, 1984), Okulsuzculuk (Without Schooling, 1986).
