Edip Cansever (pronounced ; August 8, 1928 – May 28, 1986) was a

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Biography

Born in

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, Cansever attended Trade Academy for some time, and worked as an antiquity salesman in

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. Despite his denial, he is considered to be a member of second new generation:

Works

* İkindi Üstü (1947) * Dirlik Düzenlik (1954) * Yerçekimli Karanfil (1957) * Umutsuzlar Parkı (1958) * Petrol (1959) * Nerde Antigone (1961) * Sonrası Kalır (1964) * Çağrılmayan Yakup (1966) * Kirli Ağustos (1970) * Tragedyalar (1974) * Ben Ruhi Bey Nasılım (1976) * Sevda ile Sezgi (1977) * Şairin Seyir Defteri (1980) * Yeniden (Collected Poems, 1981) * Bezik Oynayan Kadınlar (1982) * İlkyaz Şikayetçileri (1984) * Oteller Kenti (1985)

Notes

* Ahmet Necdet, ''Modern Turk Siiri Yonelimler, Tanikliklar, Ornekler'', Broy Publishing, October 1993.

External links

A Poet Outside the "Second New Movement": Edip Cansever

Poems translated by Murat Nemet-Nejat

Two Translated Poems
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cansever, Edip 1928 births 1986 deaths Writers from Istanbul Turkish male poets 20th-century Turkish poets Burials at Aşiyan Asri Cemetery