Birhan Keskin (born 1963 in
Kırklareli,
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
) is a Turkish poet.
Life
She graduated in 1986 from
Istanbul University
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, latin_name = Universitas Istanbulensis
, motto = tr, Tarihten Geleceğe Bilim Köprüsü
, mottoeng = Science Bridge from Past to the Future
, established = 1453 1846 1933
...
with a degree in sociology and wrote her first poems in 1984. Between 1995 and 1998 she worked as editor for the magazine ''
Göçebe'' (''Nomad'') as well as for other publishing houses in Istanbul.
Poetry
Poetry books in Turkish
* Delilirikler / Crazy Lyrics (İskenderiye Kütüphanesi Yayınları, 1991)
* Bakarsın Üzgün Dönerim / I May Return Unhappily (Era Yayıncılık, 1994)
* Cinayet Kışı + İki Mektup / Winter of Murder + Two Letters (Göçebe Şiir Kitapları, 1996)
* Yirmi Lak Tablet + Yolcunun Siyah Bavulu / 20 Polished Tablets + The Traveler’s Black Suitcase (YKY, 1999)
* Yeryüzü Halleri / States of the Earth (YKY, 2002)
* Y'ol / Road (2006)
* Soğuk Kazı (2010)
* Furkanın gülüşüne yazılan şiirler (2021)
Poems available in English
The Winter of Murder/ Cinayet Kışı (http://www.turkishpoetry.net/, 1996, translation by Nebile Direkcigil)
* & Silk & Love & Flame (Arc Publications, 2013, translation by
George Messo
George Messo (born April 10, 1969) is an expatriate English poet and translator who was born in rural Lincolnshire, near the town of Barton-Upon-Humber. He moved to Trabzon, Turkey, in 1998 and has since lived in Oman and Saudi Arabia. He was the e ...
) including the 3 poem
"& Silk & Love & Flame", "Fig" and "Water"
Awards
Birhan Keskin was the winner of the following awards:
* Golden Orange Award (2005)
*
Metin Altıok
Metin Altıok (March 14, 1941 – July 9, 1993) was a Turkish poet of Alevi faith, who - together with 34 other people, mostly Alevi intellectuals - fell victim to the 1993 Sivas massacre.
Life
Metin Altıok was born in Bergama, İzmir Provin ...
Poetry Award (2011)
References
External links
1963 births
Living people
20th-century Turkish poets
21st-century Turkish poets
20th-century Turkish women writers
20th-century Turkish writers
21st-century Turkish women writers
Istanbul University alumni
Turkish women poets
People from Kırklareli
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