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Ahmet Köksal
Born1920
Kızılkeçili, Turkey
Died(1997-01-24)January 24, 1997[1]
Istanbul, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Alma materAnkara Gazi Eğitim Enstitüsü

Ahmet Köksal (1920 – 24 January 1997) was a Turkish poet and writer.

Early life and education

Ahmet Köksal was born in Kızılkeçili a village of Çanakkale in 1920.[1] He went to primary and middle school in Çanakkale and in 1936 went to the Edirne Boys Pedegogical School graduating in 1939. For two years he was a primary school teacher at Ayvacık. After finishing his military service, Köksal was a student at the Ankara Gazi Eğitim Enstitüsü painting works department from 1943 to 1946. After completing his education here, he started teaching middle school.[2]

Career

Köksals spoems were published in the Servet-i Fünûn -Uyanış magazine in 1940. Later his poems were also to be seen in Ülkü, Yirminci Asır, Edebiyat Dünyası, Varlık, Yeditepe, Kaynak, and Seçilmiş Hikayeler.[2]

He wrote both criticisms and promotions of books which appeared in the Papirüs[3], Yeni Edebiyat, Yeni Gazete and Yansıma. His travel memoirs titled Yollar Boyunca were published in Cumhuriyet in 1970. His critical writings about art were published in Milliyet.[2]

Works

Poetry books

  • 1958: Yanık Sar
  • 1963: Sonsuz Haziran
  • 1991: Çoğul Mavilik

Poetry anthology

  • 1953: Atatürk İçin (B. Gider ve Ş. Saba)
  • 1973: Aşk Şiirleri Antolojisi (Poems for Children)[1]

Analysis

  • 1988: Ressam, Eğitimci ve Yazar Malik Aksel [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ahmet Köksal Kimdir? Hayatı ve Eserleri | Türk Edebiyatçılar İnternet Ansiklopedisi" (in Turkish). 10 September 2021. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  2. ^ a b c Sözlüğü, Türk Edebiyatı İsimler. "Ahmet Köksal". teis.yesevi.edu.tr. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  3. ^ YILDIRIM, TANER (2017). "PAPİRÜS DERGİSİ ÜZERİNE BİR İNCELEME" (PDF). Istanbul University (Masters Thesis). Istanbul: 39–41, 66, 71.