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Cemal Süreya
Kurdish-Zaza poet and writer from Turkey From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cemâl Süreya (born Cemâlettin Seber; 1931 – 9 January 1990) was a Turkish poet and writer of Kurdish–Zaza descent.[1][2]
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Biography
Süreya and his family were deported to Bilecik, a city in the Marmara Region of Turkey after the Dersim Rebellion (Tunceli) in 1938.
He graduated from the Political Sciences Faculty of Ankara University. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of the Papirüs literary magazine. Cemal Süreya is a notable member of the Second New Generation of Turkish poetry, an abstract and postmodern movement created as a backlash against the more popular-based Garip movement. Love, mainly through its erotic character, is a popular theme of Süreya's works. Süreya's poems and articles were published in magazines such as Yeditepe, Yazko, Pazar Postası, Yeni Ulus, Oluşum, Türkiye Yazıları, Politika, Aydınlık, and Somut. He is known to have been a primary influence on the poetry of Sunay Akın.[citation needed] He lost a letter "y" from his pen name – originally Süreyya – because of a lost bet with Turkish poet Sezai Karakoç.[3]
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Bibliography
Poetry
- Üvercinka (1958)
- Göçebe (1965)
- Beni Öp Sonra Doğur Beni (1973)
- Sevda Sözleri (Terms of Endearment, 1984)
- Güz Bitiği (1988)
- Sıcak Nal (1988)
- Sevda Sözleri (1990)
Articles
- Şapkam Dolu Çiçekle (1976)
- Günübirlik (1982)
- Onüç Günün Mektupları (1990)
- 99 Yüz (1990)
- Günler (1991)
- Aydınlık Yazıları/Paçal (1992)
- Oluşum'da Cemal Süreya (1992)
- Folklor Şiire Düşman (1992)
- Papirüs'ten Başyazılar (1992)
- Uzat Saçlarını Frigya (1992)
- Aritmetik iyi Kuşlar Pekiyi (1993) – for children
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References
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