İRFAN YILDIZ

Born in 1967 in a village called Denizbükünalcı of Ünye district of Ordu province. In 1990 graduated from the Law School of Istanbul University. An independent lawyer. His first poems appeared in one of Ünye’s dailies. Then this was followed by other dailies and magazines including Genç Hukukçular, Cumhuriyet Pazar, İkindiyazıları, Fanatik, Broy, Türk Dili Dergisi, Geniş Zamanlar, İblis, Varlık, H. Gösteri, A Atika, Şiir Ok’u, Düşler, Göçebe, Edebiyat ve Eleştiri, Güzel Yazılar, Şiir Ülkesi, Islık, Akatalpa, Sincan İstasyonu, Uzak, Ada, Mortaka, Kaçak, Tan Edebiyat, Felsefe/Yazın, Yolcu, Mühür, Yazılıkaya, Sonra Edebiyat, Kıyı, Gediz, Eliz, Haşhaşi. Such publications have been featuring his poems, prose writings and interviews. Moreover, his essays on life/life experience and actual developments appeared in a number of publications. One of the founders and publishes of Düşler (Dreams), Göçebe (Nomad) and Uzak (Faraway).

His first book called ‘Rüzgârın Fili Yakınımdır’ (Elephant of the Wind Relates to Me) was published in 1991 by İskenderiye Kütüphanesi, his second book ‘Çiçek Tozu Günleri’ (Pollen Days) in 1996 by Göçebe Şiir Kitapları, and his third book ‘Eğri Denizler/Mermer Avlular-Bütün Kelimeler Acı İçinde’ (Uneven Seas/Marble Courtyards-All Words In Pains) by Uzaktan Dizeler. His fourth poetry collection ‘Şapkasız İstanbul Destanı’ (The Epic of Hatless Istanbul) in 2006 and his fifth poetry book called ‘Kır Kıyısında Erkete Avcılar’ (Hunters on the Lookout by the Countryside Edge) in 2007 were again published by Uzaktan Dizeler. ‘Meryem Ana Sessizliği’ (Silence of the Mother Mary) published by Mühür Kitaplığı happens to the poet’s sixth poetry collection. To some, İrfan Yıldız belongs to the poets of the 90s generation or he is an organic poet, even a Faraway Poet. Perhaps all of the definitions state the truth.