Şeyhmus Dağtekin
Dağtekin was born in the village of Olgunlar in Adıyaman Province in Turkey. He currently resides in France, Paris, where he has lived since 1987. He writes in Turkish, Kurdish or French, and is the author of seven poetry books, and a novel À la source, la nuit.
Şeyhmus Dağtekin

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- Born
- 1964
- Nationality
- France · Turkey
- Occupation
- poet · writer · journalist
- Education
- Ankara University Faculty of Political Science
- Honours
- Yvan Goll International Prize for Francophone Poetry · Mallarmé Prize
- Languages
- French · Turkish · Kurdish
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Dağtekin was born in the village of Olgunlar in Adıyaman Province in Turkey. He currently resides in France, Paris, where he has lived since 1987. He writes in Turkish, Kurdish or French, and is the author of seven poetry books, and a novel À la source, la nuit.
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• Sortir de l'abîme, manifeste, Le Castor astral (2018) • A l'ouest des ombres, Le Castor astral (2016) • Élégies pour ma mère, Le Castor astral (2013) • To the Spring, by Night, MQUP (2013) • Ma maison de guerre, Le Castor astral (2011) • Au fond de ma barque, L'Idée bleue (2008) • Juste un pont sans feu, Le Castor astral (2007) • La langue mordue, Le Castor astral - Écrits des Forges (2005) • À la source, la nuit, Robert Laffont (2004) • Couleurs démêlées du ciel, Le Castor Astral - Écrits des Forges (2003) • Le verbe temps, Le Castor Astral - Écrits des Forges (2001) • Les chemins du nocturne, Le Castor Astral (2000) • Artères-solaires, L'Harmattan (1997) • Aşkın Yalın Hali, Ünlem Yayınları, 1992
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He has played a leading role in renewing French poetry.
Şeyhmus Dağtekin has received prizes in France: The Mallarmé Poetry Prize 2007 and The Théophile Gautier Poetry Prize of The Académie française 2008 for his book Juste un pont sans feu, The Yvan Goll International Francophone Poetry Prize for Les chemins du nocturne and the special mention of The Five Continents of the Francophonie Prize in 2004 for his novel.
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