Cemal Süreya

In addition to his poetry collections; Üvercinka (1958), Göçebe (1965), Beni Öp Sonra Doğur Beni (1973), Uçurumda Açan (1984), Sıcak Nal (1988), Güz Bitigi (1988), and Sevda Sözleri (1990); he also wrote essays, critiques, diaries, and anthologies. The most frequent themes in his works are love, women, loneliness, social and political criticism, death, the idea of God, portraits, and poetics in verse. He also translated nearly forty books from French into Turkish. Süreya, who held a socialist worldview, published the magazine Papirüs, in which he expressed his literary views and used it as a tool to express his ideas as an intellectual.

Cemal Süreya studied at Haydarpaşa High School, Ankara University Faculty of Political Science and Ankara University. The recorded working language is Turkish and French. Works named in the authority record are Üvercinka, Göçebe, Beni Öp Sonra Doğur Beni, Uçurumda Açan, Sıcak Nal and Güz Bitigi. Distinctions recorded are Yeditepe Poetry Award, Turkish Language Association Poetry Award and Necatigil Poetry Award.

• Name — Cemâl Süreya • Birth Name — Cemalettin Seber • Born — 1931 • Birthplace — Erzincan, Turkey • Died — 9 January 1990 • Place of death — Istanbul, Turkey • Occupation — Poet, writer • Years Active — 1953–1990 • Education — Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University • Children — 2 • Partner — Tomris Uyar (1964–1967) • Illustration — Bust of Cemal Süreya at a park named after him in Maltepe, Istanbul.

Cemal Süreya, whose real name was Cemalettin Seber, was born in Pülümür, Erzincan (now in Tunceli Province) in 1931. His exact birthday is unknown. He was born into a Zaza Kurd[2] Alevi-faith family that migrated from Pülümür to Erzincan. His Kurdish father, Hüseyin Seber, was born in Erzincan in 1905 and worked in the transportation business. His mother, Güllü Hanım, known as "Gülbeyaz", was born in Karatuş in 1915 into a Zaza family. His father died in a traffic accident in 1957 and his mother died at the age of twenty-three due to bleeding following a miscarriage. In 1938, at age seven, Cemal Süreya and his family were among 181 families forcibly deported from Dersim (Tunceli) to Bilecik. He later described the experience in his poem '1938 Sürgün Şiiri'.[3][4] He graduated from the Political Sciences Faculty of Ankara University. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of the Papirüs literary magazine. Cemal Süreya is a notable member of the Second New Generation of Turkish poetry, an abstract and postmodern movement created as a backlash against the popular and colloquial Garip movement. Love, mainly through its erotic character, is a recurrent theme of Süreya's works. Süreya's poems and articles were published in magazines such as Yeditepe, Yazko, Pazar Postası, Yeni Ulus, Oluşum, Türkiye Yazıları, Politika, Aydınlık, and Somut. He is known to have been a primary influence on the poetry of Sunay Akın. He lost a letter "y" from his pen name – originally Süreyya – due to losing a bet with Turkish poet Sezai Karakoç.[6]

• Üvercinka (1958) • Göçebe (1965) • Beni Öp Sonra Doğur Beni (1973) • Sevda Sözleri (Terms of Endearment, 1984) • Güz Bitiği (1988) • Sıcak Nal (1988) • Sevda Sözleri (1990)

• Şapkam Dolu Çiçekle (1976) • Günübirlik (1982) • Onüç Günün Mektupları (1990) • 99 Yüz (1990) • Günler (1991) • Aydınlık Yazıları/Paçal (1992) • Oluşum'da Cemal Süreya (1992) • Folklor Şiire Düşman (1992) • Papirüs'ten Başyazılar (1992) • Uzat Saçlarını Frigya (1992) • Aritmetik iyi Kuşlar Pekiyi (1993) – for children

• Kürtler: Sosyolojik ve Tarihi İnceleme by Basil Nikitin, translated into Turkish under the pseudonym C.S.[7][8]

Cemal Süreya was recorded at birth as Cemalettin Seber. His recorded languages were Turkish, French and Kurdish. His recorded confession was Alevism. He married Zühal Tekkanat.

Cemal Süreya is recorded as having studied at Haydarpaşa High School, Ankara University Faculty of Political Science and Ankara University. Work and production. Works recorded as notable number 7: Üvercinka, Göçebe, Beni Öp Sonra Doğur Beni, Uçurumda Açan, Sıcak Nal, Güz Bitigi and Sevda Sözleri.