Refik Durbaş

 
Style of Art : Poet
Branch of Art : Poetry
Art Profile :

Refik Durbaş was born in Pasinler, Erzurum in 1944. He finished at İzmir Namık Kemal High School. He studied at the Department of Turkish Language and Literature in the Faculty of Letters at Istanbul University but quit. He worked as a proof reader at Yeni İstanbul newspaper and Cumhuriyet newspaper. After retiring from Cumhuriyet newspaper, Durbaş serves as a columnist in Sabah newspaper. He has published his poems in many literary magazines such as “Alan 67”, “Devirim”, “Evrim”, “Göster”, “Sanat Olayı”, and “Soyut”.

Awards:
1979, Yeditepe poetry gratuity, with his "Çırak Aranıyor"
1983, Necatigil poetry award, with his "Nereye Uçar Gökyüzü"
1993, Halil Kocagöz poetry award, with his "Menzil"

His poetry books:
"Kuş Tufanı" (1971), "Hücremde Ayışığı" (1974), "Çırak Aranıyor" (1978), "İkinci Baskı" (1979, poems for children), "Çaylar Şirketten" (1980), "Denizler Sincabı" (1982, poems for children), "Kırmızı Kanatlı Kartak" (1982, poems for children), "Nereye Uçar Gökyüzü" (1983), "Siyah Bir Acıda" (1983), "Bir Umuttan Bir Sevinçten" (1984i Toplu Şiirler I), "Yeni Bir Defter - Şiirler-Meçhul Bir Aşk" (1985), "Adresi Uçurum" (1986, Toplu Şiirler II), "Geçti mi Geçen Günler" (1989), "Menzil" (1992), "Kimse Hatırlamıyor" (1994, Toplu Şiirler I), "Nere Uçar Gökyüzü" (1994, Toplu Şiirler II), "Düşler Şairi" (1997), "İstanbul Hatırası" (1998), "Hatıram Olsun" (2000), "Rüzgarla Randevu" (2000), "Adresi Kalbimde" (2000, selected poems), "Şimdi: Haberler" (2001), "Yol Uzandur Günden Ama Ölümden Kısa" (2002), "Rüya Tabirleri" (2004), "Kırk Dört Sıfır Dört" (2007), "Köroğlu" (2007), "Kanatların Yelken Ettik Gemiye" (2011).

Referernce: siir.gen.tr, dosthane.de, tr.wikipedia.org, İstanbul’un 100 Şiiri (Istanbul: İstanbul Büyükiehir Belediyesi Kültür A.Ş., Yayınları, 2010), 118.

City : Istanbul
Country : Turkey
Preferred Lang. : Turkish
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