Bio
She was born in Ìzmir, 1983; graduated from Ege University, English
Language and Literature. She has had II. Yunus Emre (mention, 2006),
Homeros Attila Ìlhan (mention, 2007), Ali Rıza Ertan (2009) poetry awards
in Turkey.
Her first book Dibine üşüyor Karanlık da was published in 2009 and her
second book Evimi Dağlara Kurdum is a collection of translation from world
poetry. Her latest book Yeniden Çizdim Göğü was published in 2011. She
translated the poems of Persian poet Behruz Kia in the name of Lalelere
Requiem.
Her poems were translated into English, French, Serbian, Arabic, Hebrew
and Italian. She participated in the poetry festivals in
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Israel, Serbia and United States.
She is the editor of the literature magazine Şiirden (of Poetry). She
studies M.A.Turkish literature in Bilkent University, Ankara. She is also
a member of PEN and Writers Syndicate of Turkey.
Müesser Yenìay
Before Me There Were Deserts
They were eating my body as carcass, I saw
I did not say "bring me to earth!"
around fire I found myself
like the hump of a camel
I have bent myself while passing inside the earth
they have collected a handful of sand in their hands
and blown...
at nights I have slept in the footprint of animals
my body was in waves
when the sand ended
inside my veil, my eyes found where the world is
–even if I am a Bedouin in the desert of desire–
in front of the night, dates fell into my mind
I could not find sound for my ears
as wide as saharas I have looked at my heart