Sadık Yalsızuçanlar was born in Malatya in 1962. He studied at the Department of Turcology in the Faculty of Social and Administrative Sciences of Hacettepe University, and graduated in 1983. Before working at TRT (Turkish Radio and Television Corporation) as a producer, he worked as a teacher and a publisher.
His first short story "Mother" was published in the culture and arts section of Yeni Asya newspaper. Since 1980, Yalsızuçanlar has been writing short stories, essays, tales, novels, research & study works, film scripts, and newspaper articles. He received the “Köprü Short Story” Award for his work "I′m All Alone As the Alif". In 1986, he won the “Short Story Writer of the Year” Award by the Turkish Writers Association for his book "The Traveler Who Adorned Cities." He was awarded the Foundation of Turkish National Culture Award with his documentary film "The Lute of the Minstrel/The Saz of the Bard." The Turkish Writers Association granted him the “Best Essayist of the Year” for his book "The Cinema of Dreams." Yalsızuçanlar also received the “Hak-İş Labor Union” Award for his TV program "Our Working Life"; and the “Turkish Writers Association TV Award” for his cultural documentary "Kırkambar" (Forty Granaries). His short stories "The Traveler Who Adorned Cities" and "The Parrot that Hurt the Truth" have been translated into German.
Short stories:
The Traveler Who Adorned Cities (Ankara: Akçağ Publications, 1992)
The Parrot That Hurt The Truth (Ankara: Akçağ Publications, 1992)
A Bird′s Sleep (Istanbul: Şule Publications, 1999)
Guzeran (Istanbul: Şule Publications, 1999)
Halvet der Encumen (Istanbul: Şule Publications, 1998)
Novel:
Yakaza (Istanbul: Şule Publications, 1998)
Tales:
The Bird With Blue Wings (Ankara: AAK Publications, 1990)
The Garden of Dreams (Istanbul: Kırkambar Publications, 1998)
Essays:
Fear and Hope and Love (Ankara: Akçağ Publications, 1992)
Television and the Sacred (Istanbul: Timaş Publications, 1994)
The Cinema of Dreams (Istanbul: Kırkambar Publications, 1998)
Disappointment (Istanbul: Kırkambar Publications, 1998)
The Neutrality Tale (Istanbul: Şule Publications, 1998)
A Day Passed is A Day in Life (Istanbul: Şule Publications, 1998)
Anthology:
Anthology of New Poems (Istanbul: Yeni Asya, 1982)
Editing:
Kelile and Dimne
Rose Garden (Gulistan)
Kitchen-Garden (Bostan)
Salaman and Absal
The Seven Hanged Poems (Muallakat-i Seb′a)
Dede Korkut Stories
Book of Politics (Siyasetname)
Gülşen-i Raz (The Rose Garden of Mysteries)
Thousand and One Night Tales
Mahzen-i Esrar (The Cellar of Secrets) (Istanbul: Timaş Publications)
Reference: sadikyalsizucanlar.net, tr.wikipedia.org
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