HAYDAR ERGÜLEN

HAYDAR ERGÜLEN

He was born in Eskişehir, he graduated from the Sociology Department at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi (Middle East Technical University) in Ankara. Among his published poetry boks are: Sokak Prensesi (Street Princess/1990), Eskiden Terzi (Once a Tailor/1995), Kırk Şiir ve Bir (40 Poems and One/1997), Karton Valiz (Cardboard Suitcase/1999), With 40 Poems and One, Ergülen won the prestigious 1997 Behçet Necatigil Poetry Award as well as the Cemal Süreya Poetry Award. His “Once a Tailor” brought him the 1996 Halil Kocagöz Poetry Award. His poems have been translated into many languages such as English, German, French, Korean, Persian and Dutch. His “Once a Tailor” brought him the 1996 “Halil Kocagoz Poetry Award”. For some of his books, he used the pen name “Hafız”.

HAYDAR ERGÜLEN’s Poems