{"id":4567,"date":"2015-07-10T22:55:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oguztanselsempozyumu.com\/?page_id=4567"},"modified":"2016-05-28T21:40:09","modified_gmt":"2016-05-28T18:40:09","slug":"oguz-tansel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.oguztanselsempozyumu.com\/en\/oguz-tansel\/","title":{"rendered":"O\u011fuz Tansel"},"content":{"rendered":"\"asdw\"<\/a><\/p>\n

O\u011eUZ TANSEL<\/p>\n

Poet and Folklorist (b. February 15, 1915 – d. October 30, 1994,)<\/p>\n

He graduated from the Davut Pa\u015fa Middle School \u00a0in \u0130stanbul and Pertev Niyal High School in \u0130stanbul. He took up teaching as a profession as early as 1938 while studying at the Department of the Turkish Language and Literature of the Faculty of Literature at the University of \u0130stanbul and gave it up in 1969\u00a0 when he retired for\u00a0 health reasons.<\/p>\n

His early poems employing rhyme and rhythm were published in the periodicals Servetif\u00fcnun <\/em>and Varl\u0131k <\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0 his first article appeared in Halk Bilgisi Haberleri <\/em>(1937). After 1940 he was seen to turn to free verse and was noted among Turkish poets of the 1940 generation.\u00a0 He gained recognition with the poems and articles\u00a0 published in numerous literary periodicals such as Varl\u0131k, Ayd\u0131nl\u0131k,Yelken, Yeditepe, Kaynak, Dost, G\u00fcney, T\u00fcrk Sanat\u0131, K\u0131y\u0131, T\u00fcrk Dili.<\/em><\/p>\n

O\u011fuz Tansel is a uniquely lyrical voice among the Turkish poets of the 1940 generation. Adnan Binyazar compares him to\u00a0 \u201ca mythical bird with three wings,\u201d and goes on to say \u201cthat he stands out not due to his similarities, but due to his dissimilarities to others in having assimilated folklore together with modern human thought to create wisdom of his own.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kemal \u00d6zer says that, \u201camong the poets of the 1940 generation who underwent an invasion in the artistic and political sense resulting in a common style and content, we see O\u011fuz Tansel as one of those to stands most, outside this general framework.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eray Canberk\u00a0 had the following to say about O\u011fuz Tansel\u2019s poetry: \u201c. . .These poems sound to me like a new voice from an ancient world. Not only does nature exist in those poems, but also, a nature loving person wishing to live in peace with nature while in strife and treating nature as if it were human. . . What is most unique about Tansel is, that he has fused the poetry of ancient civilizations and our own folk poetry which have both flourished over the same tract of land. In this poetry, the veins of humanism, struggle for peace and freedom and socialism\u00a0 eventually converge in a main artery.<\/p>\n

Alongside writing poetry, Tansel was the scholar who, with his collection of Turkish folk tales he had recorded between the years of 1942 and 1948\u00a0 in the province of Amasya, made the highest contribution-over forty types of Turkish folk tales- to the Typen T\u00fcrkischer Volksmarchen <\/em>catalog prepared by professors Pertev Naili Boratav and Wolfram Eberhard.<\/p>\n

O\u011fuz Tansel was first to receive the Children\u2019s Literature Award given for the first time in 1977\u00a0 by the Turkish Linguistics Society. He made an important contribution to Turkish national culture with those folk tales published as children\u2019s books. With the mastery and meticulousness derived from his poetic skill, he formed a unique, fluent narrative style.<\/p>\n

His poems were composed to music by the American composer Prof. Bruce Reiprich. And recorded live on a CD titled Salk\u0131m S\u00f6\u011f\u00fct, <\/em><\/strong>or \u00a0Weeping Willow. <\/em>On the first anniversary of his death in 1995, his friends had a book The Mythical Bird with Three Wings: O\u011fuz Tansel <\/em>\u00a0(\u00dc\u00e7 Kanatl\u0131 Masal Ku\u015fu: O\u011fuz Tansel) published for him.<\/p>\n

He was a member of the Turkish Writers\u2019 Union and honorary member of the Literary Society in Ankara.<\/p>\n

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HIS WORKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Poetry:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Savrulmay\u0131 Bekleyen Harman <\/em>(1953),<\/p>\n

G\u00f6z\u00fcn\u00fc Sevdi\u011fim <\/em>(1962, Dost Yay\u0131nlar\u0131),<\/p>\n

Sar\u0131k\u0131z Yolu <\/em>(complete poems, 1986, Yaz Yay\u0131nlar\u0131),<\/p>\n

Bekta\u015fi Dedikleri <\/em>( joint with\u00a0 Metin Elo\u011flu. \u0130\u015f Bankas\u0131 K\u00fclt\u00fcr Yay\u0131nlar\u0131 1970; Sander Yay\u0131nlar\u0131 1977; Miyatro Yay\u0131nlar\u0131 1983; Adam Yay\u0131nlar\u0131 1995; Evrensel Bas\u0131m Yay\u0131n 2004; 2008),<\/p>\n

Da\u011f\u0131 \u00d6pmeler <\/em>(ed. Ays\u0131t Tansel, published by Yap\u0131 Kredi Yay\u0131nlar\u0131 1999; 2006; 2013),<\/p>\n

Mutluluk Pe\u015finde <\/em>(Selected poems published by Evrensel Bas\u0131m Yay\u0131n, 2005; 2013).<\/p>\n

At the Dawn of Oleander Blossoms<\/em> ( Poems on Antalya Environs in English and Turkish, Suna-\u0130nan K\u0131ra\u00e7 Akdeniz Medeniyetleri Ara\u015ft\u0131rma Enstit\u00fcs\u00fc: 2011),<\/p>\n

Masal D\u00fcnyas\u0131-World of Tales<\/em> ( Selected Poems in English and Turkish, Elips Kitap: 2012).<\/p>\n

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Folk Tales:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alt\u0131 Karde\u015fler <\/em>(Dost Yay\u0131nlar\u0131: 1959; Ministry of Education: 2003, Yap\u0131 Kredi Yay\u0131nlar\u0131: 2011),<\/p>\n

Yedi Devler <\/em>(1962; Ministry of Education 2003, Yap\u0131 Kredi Yay\u0131nlar\u0131: 2011),<\/p>\n

\u00dc\u00e7 K\u0131zlar <\/em>(Dernek Yay\u0131nlar\u0131, 1963; Ministry of Education 2003, Yap\u0131 Kredi Yay\u0131nlar\u0131: 2011),<\/p>\n

Mavi Gelin <\/em>(Yaz Yay\u0131nlar\u0131 1966; Ministry of Education 2003, Yap\u0131 Kredi Yay\u0131nlar\u0131: 2011),<\/p>\n

Al\u2019l\u0131 ile F\u0131rf\u0131r\u0131 <\/em>(2 volumes; 1976; was given the Children\u2019s Literature Award by the Turkish Linguistics Society in 1977; Elips Yay\u0131nlar\u0131: 2009; 2012; 2014),<\/p>\n

Bir de Varm\u0131\u015f \u0130ki de Varm\u0131\u015f <\/em>( joint with others. \u00a0Boyut Yay\u0131n\u00a0 1979; 2006),<\/p>\n

\u00c7obanla Bey K\u0131z\u0131 <\/em>(1985),<\/p>\n

Konu\u015fan Bal\u0131kla Yaln\u0131z K\u0131z <\/em>(1985).<\/p>\n

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Books about O\u011fuz Tansel:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Turan, \u00a0Metin (ed.) \u00dc\u00e7 Kanatl\u0131 Masal Ku\u015fu: O\u011fuz Tansel <\/em>( 1995: \u00dcr\u00fcn Yay\u0131nlar\u0131).<\/p>\n

Elo\u011flu, Metin, Can\u0131m O\u011fuzcu\u011fum <\/em>– O\u011fuz Tansel\u2019e Mektuplar (2012: Yap\u0131 Kredi Yay\u0131nlar\u0131).<\/p>\n

Reference:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alt\u0131nkaynak, Hikmet (2008) T\u00fcrk Edebiyat\u0131nda Yazarlar ve \u015eairler S\u00f6zl\u00fc\u011f\u00fc (Dictionary of Writers and Poets in the Turkish Literature), <\/strong>Do\u011fan Kitap, Revised Second Edition, pp. 669-670.<\/p>\n

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Translated from Turkish by \u00dclk\u00fcn Tansel<\/em><\/p>\n

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