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Can Yücel (1926, İstanbul-1999 Datça, Muğla) is one of the most distinguished representatives of modern Turkish poetry in the 20th century. He is mainly noted for his sometimes rude but plain and sincere style of language in his poems.
He is the son of former minister of National Education, Hasan Ali Yücel. He studied Latin and Greek in Ankara, Turkey and Cambridge, England universities. He worked as a translator in several embassies and as a speaker in the Turkish section of BBC in London. He did his military service in Korea. After returning to Turkey in 1958, he briefly worked as a tourist guide in Bodrum, Muğla and then lived in Istanbul working as a freelance translator and poet. He had two daughters, Güzel(beautiful) and Su(water) and a son, Hasan, from his marriage two Güler Yücel.
He settled in the remote peninsular town of Datça, Muğla in southwestern Turkey in his later years.
His Art
Can Yücel is known for often using slang and sometimes vulgar and rude language in his poems. However, his critics also agree that his effectiveness in using words in a simple and undertandable way is noteworthy of praise and appreciation. His main themes and inspirational sources in his poems are nature, people, events, concepts, excitements, perceptions and emotions. His loved ones are mentioned in many of his poems. His family was of utmost importance to him and he reflected his love for his family in poems like "To my Little Daughter Su", "To Güzel", "I Loved My Father the Most in Life" are some of his poems that attest to this love.
Yücel also translated the works of Shakespeare, Lorca and Brecht.
He died in Datça in 1999 and is buried there.
A translation of one of his poems is below:
ALEA IACTA EST
Attila crossed the Danube Hannibal crossed the Alps Caesar crossed the Rubicon
And I crossed My self Burning all the flowers behind me
Translated by Murat Nemet-Nejat
His Works
Yazma (1950) Her Boydan (1959, Çeviri Şiirler) Sevgi Duvarı (1973) Bir Siyasinin Şiirleri (1974) Ölüm ve Oğlum (1976) Şiir Alayı (1981, ilk dört şiir kitabı) Rengâhenk (1982) Gökyokuş (1984) Beşibiyerde (1985, ilk beş şiir kitabı) Canfeda (1985) Çok Bi Çocuk (1988) Kısa Devre (1990) Kuzgunun Yavrusu (1990) Gece Vardiyası (1991) Güle Güle-Seslerin Sessizliği (1993) Gezintiler (1994) Maaile (1995) Seke Seke (1997) Alavara (1999) Mekânım Datça Olsun (1999)
Sources
Ahmet Necdet, Modern Turk Siiri Yonelimler, Tanikliklar, Ornekler Broy Yayinevi, Ekim 1993
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