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B O O K S F R O M T U R K E Y
A T A O L B E H R A M O Ğ L U
Ataol Behramoğlu was born in Çatalca, Istanbul in 1942. He graduated from Çankırı
High School and the Department of Russian Language and Literature in the Faculty
of Language, History and Geography at Ankara University in 1966. He completed
his masters degree at the University of Moscow and Paris-Sorbonne University, and
his doctorate at Istanbul University. His first book of poetry Bir Ermeni General (An
Armenian General) was published in 1965. With his second book Bir Gün Mutlaka
(Certainly One Day, 1970), he became one of the pioneering poets of his generation.
In addition to his books of poetry, he published works in the genres of drama,
essay, travel writing, children’s literature and translation. He is the recipient of the
international Lotus Literary Award given by the Asia Africa Writers Association
(1981) and the Puşkin Medal awarded by the Russian Federation (2007). His poems
have been published in various languages, both as books and individually in
magazines and anthologies. He is currently a columnist for Cumhuriyet newspaper,
and a professor of Russian Language and Literature at Beykent University.
YAŞADIKLARIMDAN ÖĞRENDİĞİM BİR ŞEY VAR
I’VE LEARNED SOME THINGS
The University of Texas at Austin, USA,2008
200 pages, Poetry
Translated by Walter G. Andrews
ISBN: 978-0-292-71969-9
ataolb@yahoo.com
I’ve Learned Some Things allows English
language readers the rare opportunity to
experience the work of Ataol Behramoglu,
one of Turkey’s most celebrated poets.
The sixty-six poems in this collection
span the author’s extraordinary
career and are stunning examples of
the intense emotional quality of his
work. Behramoglu celebrates the rich
fabric of everyday life by exploring both
personal and social struggles, sometimes
employing a whimsical note.