Yılmaz Onay

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Yılmaz Onay (born April 20, 1937 in Gaziantep , † January 9, 2018 in Bodrum ) was a Turkish writer, director and translator.

Yılmaz Onay has translated 27 plays, a short story, a novel, a volume of poetry and seven non-fiction books from the German language, which have been published by various publishers. In Turkey, the term epic theater and the writer Bertolt Brecht became known through him. Bertolt Brecht was his role model in the field of theater. He directed his first direction in Bertolt Brecht's play Furcht und Elend des Third Reich .

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Yılmaz Onay and his wife Yurdanur in Ayvalık. 2000
Nazım Hikmet Culture Center. 1990
Yilmaz Onay in Rıfat Ilgaz Symposium Kastamonu 2006
Yılmaz Onay with Erol Keskin on the Messerschmitt cabin scooter 1968

Yılmaz Onay was born in Gaziantep in 1937. In 1960 he completed his studies as a civil engineer at the Technical University in Istanbul (İTÜ). There he was also active on the stage of the ITÜ Theater. In 1961 he staged the play "The Rulers" by Eugène Ionesco as part of the "Duisburger Gesellschaft" ensemble, which consisted of young German, Turkish and Egyptian actors and an American soldier. He then worked for the Kino Theater and Ankara Experimentier-Bühne association until 1972 . He adapted and staged the play “War Game” from the radio play “So ein Stück” by Sermet Çagan for the stage. For this he received the 2nd prize at the International Peace Festival in Istanbul in 1965 . In 1966 he and a Brazilian group won the Grand Prix of the Festival Mondial du Theater du Nancy for the play "Lang Bach", which was adapted for the stage by Nihat Asyalı based on Yaşar Kemal's novel "Eisenerde, Kupferhimmel" . He played a reading piece under the direction of Max Meinecke at the “German Culture and Information Center” in Ankara . In 1972 he directed Bertolt Brecht's play "Fear and Misery of the Third Reich" in the Ankara Art Theater (AST) for the first time. From 1972 to 1973 he was invited by the ITI (Center for the Federal Republic of Germany of the International Theater Institute) as an intern at the municipal theaters of Essen and Berlin . In 1974 he helped found the Contemporary Stage in Ankara. From 1975 to 1978 he staged Nazım Hikmet's “Yusuf and Menofis”, Nihat Asyalı's “Strike” and a stage adaptation of Gladkov's “The Cement”. In 1981 he performed the play “Little Man, What Now?” At the Ankara Art Theater , based on the novel by Hans Fallada , and in 1984 his self-written cabaret “These price increases are against me”. From 1985 to 1989 he staged his own plays “Those Who Stayed in Purgatory” and “The Mystery of Karagöz” in Amsterdam and “The Artist's Death” in Paris . In Germany in 1988 his children's play about peace "Our songs must not die" was performed under the title "Six crazy people and a song" at the Theater Manufaktur on Halleschen Ufer in Berlin. In 1990 he completed a workshop with the Berlin Dialog Group. Then the drama “Violence” was staged in the Ballhaus. In 1991, Dario Fo also performed “Paid Not!” Under his direction.

Yılmaz Onay, Oğuz Gemalmaz, Ali Yaşar and painter Birim Bozok in Bursa. 1993

From 1993 to 2004 he worked as a director at the Turkish State Theater, where he staged numerous plays, including his own, in Istanbul and various district theaters. His novel “Schriften FİLMATİK” has been filmed. During this time he staged Nazım Hikmet's “Tartufe 59” under the new title “Tartuffe 2000” in the Tiyatrom in Berlin. In 2002 he retired. He staged his own play “Artist's Death” on the Denkbühne and Bertolt Brecht's “The Small Bourgeois Wedding” in the Ankara Art Theater (AST). In 2005 his play “Prometheia” was performed in the Netherlands by a Turkish ensemble in Turkish and by a Dutch ensemble in Dutch as part of a special project. In 2006, his play "Artist's Death" was filmed as a television play by TRT .

Yılmaz Onay 50 years in art. April 14, 2008

His other plays have been performed several times in Turkey and in various countries. He has also published numerous articles in various newspapers and magazines and participated in many panel discussions. On April 14, 2008, “Yılmaz Onay 50 Years in Art” was celebrated.

Works

Translations from the German language

Plays

stories

Novels

  • Living, Twilight, Lying ( Botho Strauss ) - Evlerde Uyur Uyanık Yalanlar

Poetry

  • Svendborg Poems (Bertolt Brecht) - Svendborg Şiirleri
  • Steffin Collection (Brecht) - Steffin Derlemeleri
  • Hollywood Elegies (Brecht) - Hollywood Elejileri
  • Poems in Exile (Brecht) - Sürgün Şiirleri
  • War Primer (Brecht) - Savaş El Kitabı
  • German Satires (Part Two ) (Brecht) - Alman Taşlamaları (İkinci bölüm)
  • Children's songs (Brecht) - Çocuk Şarkıları
  • New Children's Songs (Brecht) - Yeni Çocuk Şarkıları
  • Buckow Elegien (Brecht) - Buckow Elejileri
  • Poems from the brass purchase (Brecht) - Bakır Alımı

Non-fiction

  • Agitproptruppen (edited by Armin Kammrad and Frank Rainer Scheck) - İşçi Tiyatroları - Ajitprop Topluluklar
  • Labor Journal (Bertolt Brecht) - Brecht'le Yaşamak - Çalışma Günlüğü
  • The epic theater ( Marianne Kesting ) - Epik Tiyatro
  • Literary Studies: An Introduction (Gennadij Nikolaevic Pospelov) - Edebiyat Bilimi
  • Westward and not forgotten ( Daniela Dahn ) - Batı Diye Diye
  • Theater work Berliner Ensemble - Tiyatro Çalışması
  • Introduction to Greek Tragedy ( Joachim Latacz ) - Antik Yunan Tragedyaları

Own works

Plays

  • Tren Gidiyor - The train is running
  • Bu Zamlar Bana Karşı - These price increases are against me
  • Dev Masalı - The Dragon Tale
  • Sevdalı Bulut - The Cloud in Love - Based on Nazım Hikmet's story
  • Şarkılarımız Ölmesin - Our songs must not die
  • Küçük Adam N'oldu Sana? - Little man, now what? - Based on Hans Fallada's novel
  • Sanatçının Ölümü - artist's death
  • Arafta Kalanlar - Those who stayed in purgatory
  • Karagözün Muamması - Mystery of Karagöz
  • Karadul Efsanesi - The legend of the black widow
  • Hücre İnsanı - Homo Zellicus
  • Prometheia - Prometheia
  • Karakedi Geçti - The black cat ran into the path

Novels

  • Yazılar FİLMATİK - Fonts FİLMATİK
  • Oyun Değil - No game

Non-fiction

  • Gerçekçilik Yeniden - Realism Again!

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Onay, Yılmaz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Onay, Mustafa Yılmaz Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish writer, director and translator
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Gaziantep
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 2018
Place of death Bodrum