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

Ahmet Köksal
Born	1920 Kızılkeçili, Çanakkale
Died	(1997-01-24)January 24, 1997[1] İstanbul
Nationality	Turkish
Alma mater	Ankara Gazi Eğitim Enstitüsü

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

• Necatigil, Behçet (1960). Edebiyatımızda İsimler Sözlüğü. İstanbul: Varlık Publishings. p. 103.

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