Cemal Sureya

Cemal Süreya (1931, Erzincan – 1990, Istanbul) was a Turkish poet and writer of Kurdish-Zaza descent.

Biography

He graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences at Ankara University, later becoming editor-in-chief of the literary magazine Papirus. Cemal Süreya is part of the Second New Generation of modern Turkish Literature. Love, mainly through its erotic reality, is a popular plot of Süreya's works. Süreya's poems as well as several of her articles were published in magazines such as Yeditepe, Yazko, Pazar Postası, Yeni Ulus i>, Oluşum, Türkiye Yazıları, Politika, Aydınlık, and Somut.

Works

Poetry

• Üvercinka (1958)
• Göçebe (1965)
• Beni Öp Sonra Doğur Beni (1973)
• Sevda Sözleri (Collected Poems, 1984)
• Güz Bitiği (1988)
• Sıcak Nal (1988).

Articles

• Şapkam Dolu Çiçekle (1976)
• Günübirlik (1982)
• 99 yüz (1990)
• Folklor Şiire Düşman (1992)
• Uzat Saçlarını Frigya (1992)
• Aritmetik iyi Kuşlar Pekiyi (1993) - for children