NİSA LEYLA

She was born in Iskenderun, Hatay. After completing primary and secondary education in Iskenderun, she graduated from Çukurova University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in Adana. Later, she held management positions for five years, and served as an English teacher for three years. In her poetry, she focuses on social issues, inspired by real life. She also writes love poems, socialist and lyric lines. Her poems appear in all major magazines in Turkey such as Varlık, Yasak Meyve, Sincan İstasyonu, Şiirden, Şiiri Özlüyorum, Mühür, Papirüs, Deliler Teknesi, Ihlamur, Kuşak Edebiyat, Kurşun Kalem, Kurgan Edebiyat, Hürriyet Gösteri, Şiir, Yeni Adana, Yaşam Sanat, Patika, Yeni Dönem, Tay, Afrodisyas Sanat, Temrin, Ring Edebiyat, Ekin Sanat, Şiir Saati and more of the same.  Her poems were published in the prestigious literary magazines of Turkey and several countries. She also writes short stories and fairy tales for children. In 1991, she has been selected as the third best poet in the Poetry Contest held by Yeni Adana newspaper. One year later, in the poetry contest of İskenderun Fest she has been the best poet of the year. Lastly she won the award of Mevlüt Kaplan Literature Contest 2015. She is also a member of Writers Union of Turkey, member of the Turkish the Literature Associatios, the Council of Europen Writers, the Pen Writers Association. Her books: Dar paçalı dizeler (Verses With Narrow Flares) (Yazılı Kâğıt Publishing, 2014, Ankara), Yokoluş Bir Sözcükse (If Disappearence Amounts to a Word, Yasak Meyve Publishing, 2015, İstanbul), Sihirli Değnek (Magic Wand) (for children, Mühür Publishing, 2015, İstanbul)