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Haydar Ergülen was born in Eskişehir in 1956. He graduated from the Department of Sociology in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Middle East Technical University in Ankara. He worked as an assistant in the Department of Communication Arts at Anadolu University. Later, he worked as a copywriter in Istanbul. His first poem was published in the literary magazine “Deneme” under the name of Umur Elkan. His poems have been published in many literary magazines such as “Şiirleri Adam Sanat”, “Felsefe Dergisi”, “Gösteri”, “No”, “Öküz”, “Sonbahar”, “Somut,” Türk Dili”, “Varlık”, “Yaşasın Edebiyat”, “Yazko Edebiyat”, and “Yusufçuk”. Ergülen has received many awards for his poetry works. He published his first poetry book “Karşılığını Bulamamış Sorular” in 1981. With other friends, Ergülen published literary magazines “Üç Çiçek” (1983) and “Şiir Atı” (1986). He has also written essays and poetry reviews. Ergülen wrote columns in Radikal newspaper for a while. He currently writes columns in Star newspaper. He serves as a lecturer in the Faculty of Communication at Bahçeşehir University.
Awards:
1981, Gösteri magazine, second award (for his book "Unutulmuş Bir Yaz İçin")
1996, Halil Kocagöz Poetrty Award (for his book "Eskiden Terzi")
1996, Halil Kocagöz Poetry Award
1997, Behçet Necatigil Poetry Award (for his book "Kırk Şiir ve Bir")
1997, Cahit Külebi Jury Special Award within the Orhon Murat Arıburnu Poetry Award (for his book "Kırk Şiir ve Bir").
1998, Mediterranean Golden Portugal Poetry Award (for his book "Kırk Şiir ve Bir")
2005, Dionisos Poetry Award
2005, Cemal Süreya Poetry Award (for his book "Keder Gibi Ödünç")
2008, Metin Altıok Award (for his book "Üzgün Kediler Gazeli")
Poetry books:
Karşılığını Bulamamış Sorular (1981)
Sokak Prensesi (1990)
Sırat Şiirleri (1991)
Eskiden Terzi (1995)
Kabareden Emekli Bir Kızkardeş (with the signiture of "Lina Salamandre", 1996)
Kırk Şiir ve Bir (1997)
Karton Valiz (1999)
Hafıza (with the signiture of "Hafız", 1999)
Ölüm Bir Skandal (2000)
Toplu Şiirleri: Nar (vol.1, 2000)
Toplu Şiirleri: Hafız ve Semender (vol.2, 2002)
Keder Gibi Ödünç (2005)
Üzgün Kediler Gazeli (2007)
İçli Zarf(2010)
Essays:
Haziran, tekrar (2000)
Üvey Sokak (2005)
Sonradan Görme (2012)
Reference: siir.gen.tr, siirpenceresi.com, tr.wikipedia.org,
İstanbul’un 100 Şiiri (Istanbul: İstanbul Büyükiehir Belediyesi Kültür A.Ş., Yayınları, 2010), 138-139. |
