Metin Eloğlu
Metin Eloğlu (born March 11, 1927 in Istanbul , † October 11, 1985 there ) was a Turkish writer and painter .
Life
Metin Eloğlu also used the pseudonyms Mehmet Metin, Mehmet Emin, Ali Haziranlı, Etem Olgunil, Nil Meteoğlu and Nil Etemoğlu. From 1943 he studied fine arts - painting; In 1946 he was de-registered for political reasons because of two months in prison. In 1947 he began his military service. Due to lack of discipline, he did not end it until five years later.
His first poem Sabah Şarkısı was published in Izmir in 1943 in the Kovan magazine. The following year, his first story, Balıkçı Çocukları Şehri , was published in the Servetifünun-Uyanış magazine . In 1972 he won the TDK Şiir Ödülü, the Society for Turkish Language Prize, with the poem Dizin .
Eloğlu was known not only as a writer but also as a painter. His award-winning works are exhibited in numerous museums in Turkey.
His daughter Şiir Eloğlu is an actress and lives in Germany.
Publications
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Istanbullu
- German by Ute Birgi-Knellesen: Almost a story . Binooki Verlag Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-943562-06-4 .
literature
- Ataol Behramoğlu: Büyük Türk Şiiri Antolojisi . Volume 2, p. 706
Web links
- Literature by and about Metin Eloğlu in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Metin Eloğlu at perlentaucher.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eloğlu, Metin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish writer and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Istanbul |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1985 |
| Place of death | Istanbul |