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İsmail Uyaroğlu was born in Balıkesir in 1948. After graduating from the Department of Turkish Language at Istanbul Çapa Educational Institution, Uyaroğlu taught Turkish at middle schools in Kahramanmaraş, Malatya, Kars and Istanbul. He then worked various jobs. In 1980, Uyaroğlu started working at publication houses. He served as a proof reader and text writer for Cumhuriyet newspaper and wrote articles for encyclopedias. Uyaroğlu has had many awards for his works. His poems have been published in many literary magazines and reviews such as “Şiirleri Gösteri”, “Militan”, “Milliyet Sanat”, “Sanat Emeği”, “Yansıma”, “Yazko”, “Yeni A”, and “Yordam”. In 2012, Uyaroğlu received Melih Cevdet Award for his book ""5-7-5′ler".
Poetry books:
Gül Sağnağı (1976, çocuk şiirleri)
Çocuk ve Şiir (1977, çocuk şiirleri)
Aşktan ve Umuttan Aldım Rengimi (1978)
Yakında (1980)
Hayatı Karşılayan Şiirler (1981)
Şiir Kitabı (1982)
Bir Demet Diken (1983)
5+2′ler (1984)
Ve Aşk (1985)
Ateşin İçinden (1986, toplu şiirleri)
En Eski Yalnızlığımdır Aşk Benim (1987)
Şiir Ölümcül Yolculuğun Senin (1987)
Lanettayin Bir Şair (2004)
Kedileri Severken Ağlayınız (2007)
Kirli Şiirler (2008)
Awards:
1974, the "Best Youth Poet of the Year" Award, Milliyet Sanat magazine
1977, First prize, International Art Festival, Play Contest ("Adsız Oyun")
1978, Children′s Literature Award, Turkish Language Institution ("Çocuk ve Şiir")
1978, First prize, the Yakacık Art Festival, Story Contest
1979, Yunus Nadi the Best Children′s Story Award ("Bir Liranın İki Günü")
1981, Yazko Poetry Grand prize ("Hayatı Karşılayan Şiirler")
2005, Yunus Nadi Poetry Award ("Lanettayin Bir Şair")
2008, "Cevdet Kudret Literature Award ("Kirli Şiirler")
Reference: ykykultur.com.tr, siir.gen.tr, siirpenceresi.com, İstanbul’un 100 Şiiri (Istanbul: İstanbul Büyükiehir Belediyesi Kültür A.Ş., Yayınları, 2010), 123. |
