Derman İskender Över, also known as Küçük İskender (28 May 1964 – 3 July 2019), was a Turkish poet, critic and actor.

Biography

İskender was born on 28 May 1964 in

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. He graduated from

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for Boys, then he studied in

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Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine and left school in his last year. Later on, he studied at Department of Sociology in Istanbul University, and left after 3 years education. He wrote poems, criticisms, and essays in various magazines starting from the 1980s until the day he died. His first poem was published in the journal ''Milliyet Genç Sanat'', under the name İskender Över. His poems began to be published professionally in ''Adam Sanat magazine'' in 1985.

Career

He shared the stage in Istanbul with Turkey's most important music figures like

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and Enver Ercan from the world. Küçük İskender is also accompanied by young poets such as Onur Akyıl, Gonca Özmen, Erdal Erdem, Harun Atak, Emre Varışlı, Emirhan Esenkova, Şakir Özüdogru, Sinem Sal, Zafer Çakır, especially in Beyoğlu, Ankara, İzmir, İzmit, Zonguldak, Elazığ, Gaziantep, Milas. He held performance nights in many different places such as, Seferihisar, Gumusluk,

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, Bolu, Kirsehir,

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Acting

Küçük İskender acted on 1997's movie Ağır Roman and 2002's movie O Şimdi Asker which are directed by

Bibliography

The current publishing houses of the books and the first date they were published were taken into account.

Poem

* ''Gözlerim Sığmıyor Yüzüme'' (1988 / Adam Publications ) * ''Erotika'' (1991 / Adam Publications ) * ''Yirmi5April'' (1994 / YKY ) * ''Periler Ölürken Özür Diler'' (1994 / Gendaş ) * ''Suzidilara'' (1996 / Adam Publications ) * ''Güzel Annemin Hayal Gücü'' (Tek Baskılık Kitap) (1996 / Hera Şiir Kitaplığı ) * ''Ciddiye Alındığım Kara Parçaları'' (1997 / YKY ) * ''Papağana Silah Çekme!'' (1998 / Om Publications ) * ''Alp Krizi'' (Tek Baskılık Kitap) (1999 / Çalıntı Publications ) * ''Gözyaşlarım Nal Sesleri'' (1999 / Adam Publications ) * ''Bir Çift Siyah Deri Eldiven'' (2000 / Adam Publications ) * ''İpucu Bırakma Sanatı'' (2000 / Om Publications ) * ''Bahname'' (2000 / Om Publications ) * ''Teklifsiz Serseri'' (2001 / Om Publications ) * ''Kahramanlar Ölü Doğar'' (2001 / Om Publications ) * ''Çürük Et Deposu'' (2001 / Adam Publications ) * ''Eski Kral Deposu'' (2002 / Adam Publications ) * ''Siyah Beyaz Denizatları'' (Toplu Şiirler I) (2003 / Gendaş ) * ''Barudî'' (Kürtçe Çeviri) (2003 / Piya ) * ''Dicle ile Fırat'' (2004 / Gendaş ) * ''Bir Daha Bana Benzeme Angel!'' (2004 / Varlık ) * ''Sarı Şey'' (2010 / Sel Publications ) * Bu Defa Çok Fena (2011 / Sel Publications ) * Ali (2013 / Sel Publications ) * Elli belirsiz (2014 / Sel Publications ) * Ölen Sevgilimin Şiir Defteri (2017 / Can Publications )

Poetic text's

* ''Dedem Beni Korkuttu Hikâyeleri'' (1992 / Parantez ) * ''İkizler Burcu Hikâyeleri'' (1993 / Parantez ) * ''666'' (1994 / Gendaş ) * ''Galileo'nun Pergeli ( 2009 / Sel )'' * '' The Kırmızı Başlıklı İstasyon Şefi'' (1996 / Parantez ) * ''Belden Aşağı Aşk Hikâyeleri'' (1996 / Parantez ) * ''Pop H'art'' (1997 / İnkılâp ) * ''Balık Burcu Hikâyeleri'' (2000 / Parantez ) * ''Made in Hell'' (2001 / İnkılâp ) * ''Insectisid'' (2002 / Stüdyo İmge ) * ''Necronomicon / Ölüm Kitabı'' (2004 / Turuncu Medya ) * ''Waliz Bir (2016 / Can )'' * '' Her Şey Ayrı Yazılır ( 2016 / Can )''

Novel

* ''Flu'es'' (1998 / Parantez) * ''Cehenneme Gitme Yöntemleri'' (1999 / Parantez ) * ''Zatülcenp'' (2000 / İnkılâp )

Essays

* ''Kanlı Lağım Fareleri'den küçük İskender'e'' (2001 / Stüdyo İmge ) * ''Aşk Şiirleri Kolonisi'' (2004 / Everest )

Review / Criticism

* ''Şiirli Değnek'' (1995 / YKY ) * ''Eflatun Sufleler'' (2002 / Gendaş ) * ''Rimbaud'ya Akıl Notları'' (2004 / Alkım )

Diary studies

* ''Cangüncem'' (1996 / Gendaş ) * ''Bu defa çok fena'' (2011/ Sel)

Studies on his works

* ''Küçük İskender Kitabı-İnceleme, Tartışma ve Söyleşiler'' (2019 / İkaros Publications )

Awards

* Orhon Murat Ariburnu Awards – 2000 * Melih Cevdet Anday Literature Award – 2006 *

Erdal Öz Literature Award The Erdal Öz Prize is a Turkish literary award presented annually. It was established in 2008 by Can Publisher, in memory of author and founder of Can Publisher, Erdal Öz. The winner receives 15,000 Turkish liras, approximately US $500. Award ...

– 2014 * Necatigil Poetry Award – 2017 * Yunus Nadi Awards – 2018

Books written about

Ölü evindeki çılgın eğlence
Can Sever'in Küçük İskender'in şiir kitabıyla ilgili yazısı
Şiir Dinletileri
Küçük İskender'in şiir dinletileri * Salih Alexander Wolter: ''Erinnerung an küçük iskender.'' * "Küçük İskender Kitabı'nın Anlamı" Murat Esmer'in yazısı.

References

Notes

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