Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan (22 August 1926 – 4 November 1984) was a
Turkish poet.
Life
He was born on 22 August 1926 in
Tarsus. He studied in
Konya and
EskiÅŸehir. He served as an accountant in the
NiÄŸde branch office and then in the general directorate of
İş Bankası (bank) in
Ankara
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. He retired in 1977 while he was the vice public relations director of the bank.
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/ref> After retirement, he founded an art gallery in Istanbul
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. He died on 4 November 1984.Anthology page
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As a poet
His first poem was published in ''Yedigün'' literary periodical while he was still a student. In later years he continued writing. He published his first poetry book in 1947. He also published a travel book about his travels in Europe. In total, he has published 33 poetry books and 17 other books. Most of his poems are love poetry. But he also wrote satire poems. In his earlier poems he was under the influence of Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel
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and Yahya Kemal Beyatlı. In later poetry, he followed the style of Orhan Veli Kanık
References
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1926 births
1984 deaths
Turkish poets
20th-century Turkish poets