Ahmet Köksal (1920 – 24 January 1997) was a Turkish poet and writer.

Early life and education

Ahmet Köksal was born in Kızılkeçili a village of Çanakkale in 1920. He went to primary and middle school in Çanakkale and in 1936 went to the Edirne Boys Pedegogical School graduating in 1939. For two years he was a primary school teacher at Ayvacık. After finishing his

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, Köksal was a student at the Ankara Gazi Eğitim Enstitüsü painting works department from 1943 to 1946. After completing his education here, he started teaching middle school.

Career

Köksals spoems were published in the ''Servet-i Fünûn -Uyanış'' magazine in 1940. Later his poems were also to be seen in ''Ülkü'', ''Yirminci Asır'', ''Edebiyat Dünyası'', '' Varlık'', '' Yeditepe'', '' Kaynak'', and '' Seçilmiş Hikayeler''. He wrote both criticisms and promotions of books which appeared in the ''Papirüs'''', Yeni Edebiyat, Yeni Gazete'' and ''Yansıma.'' His travel memoirs titled ''Yollar Boyunca'' were published in

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in 1970. His critical writings about art were published in

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Works

Poetry books

* 1958: ''Yanık Sar'' * 1963: ''Sonsuz Haziran'' * 1991: ''Çoğul Mavilik''

Poetry anthology

* 1953: ''Atatürk İçin'' (B. Gider ve Ş. Saba) * 1973: ''Aşk Şiirleri Antolojisi'' (Poems for Children)

Analysis

* 1988: ''Ressam, Eğitimci ve Yazar Malik Aksel''

References

* 1920 births 1997 deaths People from Çanakkale Province 20th-century Turkish poets Gazi Eğitim Enstitüsü alumni {{Turkey-writer-stub