Poet
and writer (b. 5 May 1955, İstanbul - 19 July 2023, Istanbul). He graduated from Robert College.
He completed his higher education in England. He studied economics in London
where he went for university education in 1972 but he chose not to work in this
field. He has lived in London since 1972 and works in the areas of politics and
translation. He is a member of the Socialist Workers Party of England and the Revolutionary Socialist Workers
Party of Turkey.
His poems and poem translations
have appeared in various periodicals Soyut,
Tan, Defter and Gergedan since 1975. He shared
the Yunus Nadi Poem Award with Ahmet Necdet with his book Saat Farkı (The Time
Difference).
WORKS:
POETRY: Her Rind Bilir (Every Bohemian
Dervish Would Know,
1991), Gün Ortasında (At Midday,
1992), Mağrur Olma Padişahım (Be Modest, My Sultan, 1994), Bilirim Niye Yanık Öter Ney (I
Know Why the Flute Sounds So Sad, 1996), Elsa (Elsa, 2000), Uzaklıklar
(Remoteness, 2000), Saat Farkı
(The Time Difference, 2002).
MEMOIR: Gülümser Çocukluğum Ardımdan (After My Smiling Childhood).
His translations from English have also been published.
REFERENCE Levent Dalar / “Gün Ortasında”: Derin Özlem Çizgisi (Sombahar, Kasım-Aralık 1992), Behçet Necatigil / Edebiyatımızda İsimler Sözlüğü (18. bas. 1999), Fethi Naci / Gülümser Çocukluğum Ardımdan (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 13.7.2000), İhsan Işık / Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007) - Ünlü Edebiyatçılar (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 4, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), Orhan Koçak / Saat Farkı (Virgül, Temmuz-Ağustos 2002), Mehmet Çetin / Tanzimattan Günümüze Türk Şiiri Antolojisi (2002), Roni Margulies hayatını kaybetti (cumhuriyet.com.tr, 19 Temmuz 2023), Roni Margulies defnedildi (gazeteduvar.com.tr, 21 Temmuz 2023).