ŞEREF BİLSEL

ŞEREF BİLSEL

He was born in Rize. He graduated from the Department of Turkish Language and Literature. He worked as a culture and arts consultant for a private television channel. His first poem was published in 1990, and his first poetry collection appeared in 1996. The poet published essays on poetry in various magazines and compiled poetry yearbooks, and he also served as an editor-in-chief and editor for several magazines. In 2014, he was awarded the 18th Golden Orange Poetry Award. He received the Melih Cevdet Anday Essay Award in 2016 for his book Yalnız Şiir (Lonely Poetry).

ŞEREF BİLSEL’s Poems