Hüseyin Yurttaş was born in Foça in 1946. He graduated from Edirne Fİrst Teacher′s College for Boys in 1964. After working as a teacher in many villages of Van, Amasya, and İzmir for 10 years, he was appointed to a school in Izmir. He retired from teaching in 1983 and started working in publication and distoributing section until 1990. Yurttaş founded the Bornova Municipality Library and Reading House. After retiring in 1994, he concentrated on literary works and wrote many poems and writings for various literary magazines and newspapers. He published "Dönemeç" literary magazine with his friends. Yurttaş has written proses in "Cumartesi Sohbeti" of Yeni Asır newspapers. He has received many awards for his poems. In 2012, he received the Melih Cevdet Award.
Awards:
1980, Nevzat Üstün Poetry Award of Merit ("Sanayi Çarşısı")
1982, Ömer Faruk Toprak Poetry Mention Award ("Gecede Kanat Sesleri")
1992, Ceyhun Atuf Kansu Poetry Award ("Kod Adı Mansur")
1993, Yunus Nadi Unpublished Poetry Award ("Kirli Tarih")
1994, Cevdet Kudret Literary Award ("Kirli Tarih")
2012, Melih Cevdet Award
Poetry books:
Çamlı Kuledeki Giz (1991)
Beyaz Bisiklet (1993)
Sevgiyle Dönsün Dünya (1993)
Akıllı Köpek Alabaş (1995)
Sakar Tay
Mavi Bilye
Dağa Düşen Uçak
Katil Balina
Proses:
Bir Sıcak Merhaba (1996)
Bu Şehir, Bu Topraklar (1999)
Kış Masalları (2001)
Özgürlük Çiçekleri (2005)
Düşlerde Uçmak (2006)
Story books:
Kıyıdaki tekne (2000)
Ömrün Issız Günleri (2001)
Buğulu Camların Ardı (2007)
Novels:
Saklı Kimlik (2003)
GDO Ülkesi (2005)
Robotlar Ülkesi (2008)
Books for children:
Cüceler Gezegeni (Bilgi publishing house)
Uzaylılar Gelince (Bilgi publishing house)
Kör Kaptanın Serüvenleri (Bilgi publishing house)
Küçük Balıkçılar (Bilgi publishing house)
Hınzır Çiçek (Bilgi publishing house)
Aslan İbiş (Bilgi publishing house)
Arkadaşım Cingo (Bilgi publishing house)
Reference: radikal.com.tr, biyografi.net, tr.wikipedia.org |
