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B O O K S F R O M T U R K E Y
B E K İ R Y I L D I Z
Bekir Yıldız (Urfa - 1933, Istanbul - 1988) spent his childhood in Kastamonu,
Gaziantep and Adana. He graduated from the Istanbul School of Printing House in
1955. He went to Germany as a worker in 1962 and he worked there for four years.
With the money he saved, he bought a printing machine and returned home to
establish Asya Printing House in Istanbul. Later he shut down the printing house and
became a full time writer. He collected his observations on Germany from the four
years he lived there, in a book called Türkler Almanya’da (Turks in Germany, 1966).
The theme of his second book came from the city of Urfa and surrounding areas, in
this book he depicts the tales of Chief Reso. He was awarded the May Literary Award
for his book Kara Vagon (The Black Wagon) in 1968, Sait Faik Short Story Award for
his book Kaçakçı Şahan (Sahan, the Smuggler) in 1970 and the Milliyet Publications
Novel Award for his novel Darbe (The Coup) in 1990. In addition to his novels and
short stories, he has also written interviews, articles and children’s books.
Some of His Works: Short Stories: Kaçakçı Şahan (Sahan, the Smuggler), Sahipsizler
(The Abandoned), Evlilk Şirketi (The Marriage Company), Beyaz Türkü (The White
Song), Alman Ekmeği (German Bread), Dünyadan Bir Atlı Geçti (A Horseman Passed
Through Earth), İnsan Posası (Human Pulp), Demir Bebek (The Steel Baby), Mahşerin
İnsanları (People of Judgement Day), Bozkır Gelini (The Steppe Bride), Seçilmiş
Öyküler (Selected Short Stories); Novels: Halkalı Köle (The Ringed Slave), Aile
Savaşları (The Family Wars), Ve Zalim ve İnanmış ve Kerbela (And the Cruel and the
Believer and Karbala), Darbe (The Coup), Kara Vagon (The Black Wagon); Children’s
Books: Şahinler Vadisi (The Valley of Falcons), Canlı Tabanca (The Animated Gun),
Arılar Ordusu (The Army of Bees), Ölümsüz Kavak (The Immortal Poplar Tree), Kör
Güvercin (The Blind Dove).
Foreign Rights: Evlilik Şirketi/The Marriage Company (The Netherlands), Halkalı
Köle/The Ringed Slave (Russia).
ÖLÜMSÜZ KAVAK
THE IMMORTAL POPLAR TREE
Rotendam Kunstishing, The Netherlands, 1982
56 pages, Children’s Book
ISBN: 9759099837
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The Immortal Poplar Tree is the first book Bekir Yıldız wrote for children.
The protagonist of the book is an immortal poplar tree which lives at a
time when books are collected and burnt. The Immortal Poplar Tree is
a story told by this poplar tree. Freedom is not something gained easily,
because freedom has many enemies. Read what this little poplar tree has
to say, and you will understand this as well.