Süreyya Aylin Antmen (born 1981) is a contemporary
Turkish poet
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Biography
Süreyya
Aylin
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Antmen was born in 1981 in Istanbul. She is a Turkish writer and poet. She wrote her first poem when she was 13 years old. She has published poetry and prose. Antmen’s first published poem appeared in ''Patika Poetry Review'' in 2004. Her poems and articles were published in several literary journals like ''Şiir Ülkesi,'' ''Damar,'' ''Öteki-siz,'' ''NO Edebiyat,'' ''Varlık,'' ''Cumhuriyet Kitap'', ''Papirüs Güncel'', ''Yeni E'' and ''Özgür Edebiyat.'' In 2008 her work ''Sonsuzluğa Kiracı'' was found “remarkable” at the Yaşar Nabi Nayır Youth Awards. Her poems have been translated into English, Zaza, Urdu, Kurdish and French. Currently, she is a student in the department of Sociology at Istanbul University.
Books
* Sonsuzluğa Kiracı ''(Tenant to Eternity)'' May 2011. Şiirden Books. (The second edition, October, 2016. Ve Publishing House. )
* Geceyle Bir '' October, 2016''. Ve Publishing House.
* Ateş Sözcükleri" '' September, 2018''. Ve Publishing House.
* Bırakma Dersleri ''February, 2021''. ''Ve Publishing House. ISBN 9786059626323''
Other
* Turkish Poetry Today 2017, Red Hand Books, 2017. (England)
* Mantis Journal, Stanford University Press, 2019. (US)
Awards
* 2008 Yaşar Nabi Nayır Youth Awards: "Remarkable" for ''Sonsuzluğa Kiracı''
External links
Personal websitePoem: Far Seas’ Pearl / Mediterranean.nu*
A published article on Sonsuzluğa KiracıTranslated poems*
Interview with Süreyya Aylin Antmen 22 October 2016DuvaR
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BirGün Newspaper
Interview with Süreyya Aylin Antmen, Yeni E Poetry Magazine, April 2019
Interview with Süreyya Aylin Antmen, Evrensel Newspaper, November 2018
Interview with Süreyya Aylin Antmen on Poetry and Creativity. December 2018Interview with Süreyya Aylin Antmen on New Poetry Book. Duvar Newspaper, 2021
References
1981 births
Turkish poets
Living people
Turkish women writers
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