Edip Cansever (pronounced ; August 8, 1928 – May 28, 1986) was a
Turkish poet
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Biography
Born in
Istanbul
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Turkey
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, Cansever attended Trade Academy for some time, and worked as an antiquity salesman in
Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
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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-NejatTwo Translated Poems
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1928 births
1986 deaths
Writers from Istanbul
Turkish male poets
20th-century Turkish poets
Burials at Aşiyan Asri Cemetery