AZİZ KEMAL HIZIROĞLU

Aziz Kemâl Hızıroğlu was born in 1949 in Adapazarı. He graduated in 1967 from Kuleli Military High School, and in 1971 from Istanbul University’s Department of English Language and Literature. By 1980 he served in military libraries and schools as a military-teacher. In 1980 he got arrested for political reasons and he was discharged from the military in 1984. Between 1985-1996 Hızıroğlu did translate philosophy and political ekonomy works. Since 1985 he has been spending his time by leading English workshops in various foundations, associations and labor unions as well as teaching groups and doing part-time translation jobs.

His poems and writings appeared in many magazines and papers. His first poem was published in 1962 in one of Adapazarı dailies, in Gürses. Aziz Kemal Hızıroğlu is a member to Turkish Writers Syndicate, Literateurs Association and Turkish PEN Center.

Published Works:

Poetry : Hoşgeldin Dokunmaya – Welcome to Touching (1989), Hazırlıksız ve Yalnız – Unprepared and Alone (1992), Saprofit – Saprophyte (1996), Ebrucu – Marbler of Paper (1996- with a pen name of A.Nedret Karabulutgil), Okyanus Eskiz’i Şeyler – Things That Are Ocean Sketches (1998), Usulca – Quietly (1998), Yaşandınız Öldünüz – You Were Lived and Died (1998), Şebnem – Dew (2000), Beyaz da Bitti – The White is Also Over (2002), Seçme Şiirler – Selected Poems (2003), Mühür – Seal (2004), Göndere Çekilen Karanfil – Clove Drawn to the Flagpole (2005), Tay Sökünü Filly Deluge (2006), İnsan Neresi – Human, Where (2009), Trajedi Koğuşu – Tragedy Ward (2011)

Novel : Tabanımdaki Çamur – Mud in my Sole (1996)