Aras Onur (born 23 April 1982) is a Turkish author, poet, and columnist.

Early life

Aras Onur was born in

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and is a graduate of

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and

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. He started his literary career in the early 2000s. Openly gay, he has been often associated with local LGBT literature. He is often identified as a

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columnist in the media, although his conservative tendencies are also often noted. Aras Onur was pointed as mastermind of "Kindle a Candle" protests, a wave of civil series of unrest in Turkey began on 11 September 2015. The protesters were led by a common manifest released by columnists of a national newspaper named Karsi, in which the slogan "Kindle a Candle, Stand Out" was captioned.

Career

His first book of poetry was published in 2004, called ''Sudan Masallar'', integrating a wordplay in Turkish which could be construed either as "tales from the water" or "arbitrary tales". His synopsis text for a short film (''Gıyabında Cam Kadeh'') ("The Wineglass in absentia" in English) was awarded the second place by

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in 2007. During the same year one of his plays, ''Üç Kapı'' (Eng: "Three Doors"), made its theatrical debut. He was listed as one of the contemporary Turkish poets awaiting translation, among Cemal Sureya, Birhan Keskin, Turgut Uyar, and

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. He had written for Karsi columns for two years as the acting-editor until he resigned from office in October 2016, following to ban of accessing to paper's website.

Corpus

Books

Stageplays

Released Works

References

In addition: * Onur, Aras. ''Beylerbeyi'nde Son Tango''. Istanbul: Hayal Publishing, 2014. p. 72. * Onur, Aras. ''Sudan Masallar''. Ankara: Sabah Books, 2004. p. 4. * ''Bavulum Dolu Sanatla''. Ankara: TRT Turkiye'nin Sesi Radyosu, ''live talk show'' 31 July 2014. * ''Biz Bize''. Kanal-B, ''live TV show'' 28 January 2015. * Candemir, G. (24 February 2015). ''Kir; korkuyla vucut bulan bir kavram''. Birgun, p. 14.

External links

Beylerbeyi'nde Son Tango Official Webpage

Official Blog in Turkish of Aras Onur

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