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Veysel Çolak was born in Cevizli village, the district of Rize in 1954. He finished primary and middle school in Turgutlu and then studied at the Department of Turkish Language of the Diyarbakır Educational Institute in 1977. He graduated from the Department of Turkish Language and Literature in the Faculty of Letters at Ankara University in 1992. His first poem was published in Democrat Izmir Newspaper in 1973. After the year of 1977, he taught in Malatya, Manisa and Izmir. Çolak published the poetry magazine “Dize” in Izmir. He has participated in many competitions and received lots of awards. His poems have been published in many magazines such as Milliyet Sanat, Yazko, Türkiye Yazıları, Varlık, Edebiyat ve Eleştiri, Adam Sanat and Dize. He was one of the four poets in the finals of the “the Most Successful Young Poet” competition in 1974. Çolak was one of the poets who started the New Poem movement. He used the signs of Mehmet Pınar and Göksu Acar for his works. He has also published essays, annuals ("Poet Annuals" between 2002 and 2008) and analysis on poem. He is a member of Association for Man of Letters, Writers Syndicate of Turkey and the PEN Writers Club.
Poetry books:
Terin Yaktığı Bir Yaradan (Istanbul: Cem Yayınevi, 1978)
Günlerin Yağmurunda (Ankara: Türkiye Yazıları Yayınları, 1980)
Aşkolsun (Ankara: Dayanışma Yayınları, 1982)
Fotoğraf Arkalıkları (1985, Istanbul: Çınar Yayınları; 1985, 1985 Rıfat Ilgaz-Cide Literature Award (second prize))
Ötesi Yar (Izmir: Dize Yayınları, 1985)
Ölüler Diyaloğu (Broy Yayınları, 1988; 1989, Halil Kocagöz Poem Prize)
Umut Aşktadır (Ankara: Çankaya Belediyesi Yayınları, 1993)
Buz ve Ateş (Ankara: Doruk Yayıncılık, 1994)
Aşkın La Sesi (Istanbul: Piya Yayınları, 1995)
Giz ve Yara / Toplu Şiirler 1 (Ankara: Doruk Yayıncılık, 1996)
Kalbim Hoşça Kal / Toplu Şiirler II (Ankara: Doruk Yayıncılık, 1996; 1996, Sabri Altınel Poem Prize)
Güzel Suç (Istanbul: Gendaş Kültür Yayınları, 2000; Behçet Aysan Poem Prize and “Turgut Uyar Jury Special Prize” within the context of 2000 Orhon Murat Arıburnu Poem Prizes)
İkizim Sevgilimdi (Istanbul: Yön Yayıncılık, 2000)
Mürekkep Zamanlar (Istanbul: Papirüs Yayınları, 2005; 1996, Ali Rıza Ertan Poem Prize)
Birkaç Kuş Birkaç Anı (Ankara: Hayal Yayınları, 2008)
Amacımız Aşk (Ankara: Hayal Yayınları, 2010)
Books for Children:
Sen Balık mısın? (poems for children) (Istanbul: Can Yayınları, 1979; 1979, II. International Fair of Books for Children in Germany, the second prize in the competition of the best book for children)
Fictions:
Cinselliğin Kahkahası (Istanbul: Cep, 1995)
Analysis, essays and critique books:
Edip Cansever′de Şairin Kanı, (Istanbul: Era Yayıncılık, 1997)
Şiir Çıplak, (Ercan Yayınları, 2004)
Mürekkebin İçtiği Ses (Ankara: Öteki Yayınları, 1999)
Yabancılaşma ve Öteki Şiir (Istanbul: Gendaş Kültür Yayınları, 1999)
Şiir Nedir ve Nasıl Yazılır? / Yaratıcı Yazma Dersleri (Ankara: Papirüs Yayınları, 2004)
Dikkat! Şiir…, (Ankara: Hayal Yayınları, 2009)
Yansımanın Gerçeği, (Mühür Yayınları, 2009)
Compilations:
Şiirin Dışında Üşürsünüz (Izmir: Karşıyaka Municipality Publications)
Yazı Üzerine Yazı (Izmir: Karşıyaka Municipality Publications)
Şiirin Kıyı Dili (Izmir: Karşıyaka Municipality Publications)
Awards:
1979, Second Prize, 2nd. International Fair of Books for Children in Germany (“Sen Balık Mısın”)
1985, Second Prize, Rıfat Ilgaz Cide Literature Prize (“Fotoğraf Arkalıkları”)
1989, Halil Kocagöz Poem Prize (“Ölüler Diyaloğu”), (with Metin Altıok)
1992, Third Prize, Çankaya Municipality and Damar Literature Magazine, the First Spring Poem-Story Award, (“Umut Aşktadır”)
1993, First prize, Tariş Literature Competition (“Basma” poem)
1996, Sabri Altınel Poem Prize (“kalbim Hoşça Kal”)
1996, Altın Koza Poem Prize (“Kalbim Hoşça Kal”)
1996, Ali Rıza Ertan Poem Prize (“Mürekkep Zamanlar”)
1999, E Magazine Critique Prize (“Edip Cansever-Gelmiş Bulundum”)
2000, Orhon Murat Arıburnu "Turgut Uyar Jury Special Prize" (“Güzel Suç”)
2008, Yunus Nadi Prize in poem section (“Birkaç Kuş, Birkaç Anı”) (with Abdülkadir Burak’s “Mesafe”)
2008, M. Sunullah Arısoy Poem Prize, (“Birkaç Kuş Birkaç Anı”)
Reference: tr.wikipedia.org, veyselcolak.net
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