EMEL GÜZ

Born in Kayseri, the poet is a graduate of the Ankara University Faculty of Law and resides in Ankara, where she practices law.

Her first poem, “Papatyalar ve Küller” (Daisies and Ashes), was published in 1996 in “Dört Mevsim Kültür Sanat ve Edebiyat Dergisi” (Four Seasons Culture, Art, and Literature Magazine). She received the 1998 Ali Rıza Ertan Poetry Award (first prize), and the 1999 Arkadaş Zekai Özger Poetry Jury Special Award. Her books include “Ciddi Hayal” (Serious Dream, 2000, Mayıs Publications), “Ruhum Gövdemde Değil” (My Soul Is Not in My Body, 2010, Yapı Kredi Publications), “Onlar Şair Değildiler!” (They Were Not Poets!, 2012), “Tabiat Bende Değil” (Nature Is Not Within Me, 2017, Yazılı Kâğıt Publications), and “Aşkla Yazılmıştır Benim Şiirlerim / Abdülkadir Budak ile konuşmalar” (My Poems Were Written with Love / Conversations with Abdülkadir Budak [compilation], 2019, Yazılı Kâğıt Publications).

She publishes poems and essays in various literary magazines such as Şiir Odası, Varlık, Edebiyat ve Eleştiri, Düşeyaza, Poetik’us, Uç, Kül, Kum, Yasakmeyve, Hürriyet Gösteri, Sincan İstasyonu, Düşlem, Damar, and Kitap-lık. Her poems have been translated into Persian, Sanskrit, and German, and she defines her poetry as the stage where depression takes hold.