Ece Ayhan Çağlar (September 10, 1931 in
MuÄŸla
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– July 12, 2002 in
Ä°zmir
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) was a contemporary
Turkish poet. He used the name ''Ece Ayhan'' in his poems. He is one of the prominent figures of the ''II. New Movement'', yet he preferred to refer to this movement as ''Civilian Poetry''. His book ''Blind Cat Black and Orthodoxies'' features examples of
homoerotic poetry in Modern Turkish literature.
Çağlar was among the contributors of the literary magazine ''
Papirüs
''Papirüs'' () was a literary magazine which was published in Istanbul between 1960 and 1981 with some interruptions. The magazine is known for its founder and editor Cemal Süreya who was a poet and its well-known contributors.
History and pro ...
'' which was edited by
Cemal Süreya
Cemâl Süreya (born Cemâlettin Seber; 1931 – 9 January 1990) was a Turkish poet and writer of Kurdish– Zaza descent.
Biography
Süreya and his family were deported to Bilecik, a city in the Marmara Region of Turkey after the Dersim R ...
.
Selected works
* ''Kınar Hanım'ın Denizleri'' (1959) (Seas of Kinar Hanim)
* ''Bakışsız Bir Kedi Kara'' (1965) (A Blind Cat Black)
* ''Ortodokslular'' (1968) (Orthodoxies)
* ''Devlet ve Tabiat'' (1973)(Government and Nature)
* ''Yort Savul'' (Collection of the above works, 1977)
* ''Zambaklı Padişah'' (1981) (The Sultan's Lily)
* ''Defterler'' (Diaries, 1981) (Notebooks)
* ''Çok Eski Adıyladır'' (1982) (With Its Very Old Name)
* ''Kolsuz bir Hattat (Prose, 1987) (An Armless Calligrapher)
* ''Çanakkaleli Melahat'a İki El Mektup ya da Özel Bir Fuhuş Tarihi'' (1991) (Two Rounds Of Letter To Melahat Of Çanakkale or A Special History Of Prostitution)
* ''Sivil Åžiirler'' (1993) (Civil Poems)
* ''Son Åžiirler'' (1993) (Last Poems)
* ''Bütün Yort Savul'lar'' (Complete poetry, 1994)
See also
*
List of contemporary Turkish poets
This list includes the notable Turkish poets.
* Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (1884–1958)
* Ahmet Haşim (1885–1933)
*Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel (1898–1973)
*Nazım Hikmet (1902–1963)
* Necip Fazıl Kısakürek (1904–1983)
* Hüseyin Nihâl Atsız ...
References
* ()
*Ahmet Soysal: "A'dan Z'ye Ece Ayhan" (Supplement of Kitaplık review,Istanbul: 2003)
*Ahmet Soysal: "Eşsiz Olana Yakınlık" (Kanat ed., 2006, Istanbul)
References
External links
Detailed biography and complete works*
ttps://web.archive.org/web/20060818133826/http://www.fascicle.com/issue01/Poets/ayhan1.htm Poems "Ocharina" and "Rats of Jerusalem"Poem "Sword"Poem "Violet Rascal"
1931 births
2002 deaths
Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences alumni
Turkish LGBTQ poets
Gay poets
Turkish gay writers
20th-century Turkish poets
Turkish male poets
20th-century Turkish male writers
20th-century Turkish LGBTQ people
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