Cemal Sureya

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Cemal Süreya (* 1931 in Pülümür , Tunceli province ; † January 9, 1990 in Istanbul ) was a Turkish poet of Kurdish-Zaza origin of the Second New and is considered one of the most important poets from Turkey. His real name was Cemalettin Seber.

Life

In 1938 Süreya was after the Dersim massacre with his family to Bilecik banished. He studied finance at Ankara University . Süreya worked as a tax officer as well as an inspector. He was editor-in-chief of the Turkish literary magazine Papirüs . Süreya's poems have been published in several magazines and newspapers. Some of them are Yeditepe , Yazko , Pazar Postası , Yeni Ulus , Oluşum , Türkiye Yazıları , Politika , Aydınlık , and Somut .

Poems

Since his student days, Cemal Süreya published his works in various newspapers and magazines. Except for his book Onüç Günün Mektupları ( Letters of the Thirteen Days ), which contains letters to his wife, he did not publish any of his books before it was published in a newspaper or magazine. Cemal Süreya only became known in German-speaking countries through the translations of the poet Safiye Can .

The photo Life is short The birds fly At the bus stop three people The man the woman the child The man's hands in his trouser pockets The woman holds the child by the hand The man is sad Sad like sad songs The woman is beautiful Beautiful as beautiful Memories The child sad as beautiful memories beautiful as sad songs. (First translation of the poem into German)

Can writes about Süreya: “Cemal Süreya […] is an important and popular Turkish poet and writer. He is considered to be the most important representative of the Second New , a literary movement in modern Turkish poetry. As a representative of the Second New , Süreya's first poem Şarkısı Beyaz was published in Mülkiye magazine in 1953 . The second new one prefers an abstract use of language and is considered a countercurrent to the Garip movement (cf. Orhan Veli ). Cemal Süreya, who rejected traditional poetry, was a poet who stood out with immense vocabulary, new word creations and his idiolect. His poems deal with the loneliness of the individual, death, but also love and sexuality. They are characterized by sensitivity and intense images, which can have a disturbing and captivating effect. "

Works

• Üvercinka (1958)
• Göçebe (1965)
• Beni Öp Sonra Doğur Beni (1973)
• Sevda Sözleri (Collected Poems, 1984)
• Güz Bitiği (1988)
• Sıcak Nal (1988)
• Şapkam Dolu Çiçekle (1976)
• Günübirlik (1982)
• 99 yüz (1990)
• Folklore Şiire Düşman (1992)
• Uzat Saçlarını Frigya (1992)
• Aritmetik iyi Kuşlar Pekiyi (1993) - children's book

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.safiyecan.de/cemal-sureya-gedichte/