Ahmet Köksal

Ahmet Köksal
Born	1920 Kızılkeçili, Turkey
Died	(1997-01-24)January 24, 1997[1] Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Alma mater	Ankara 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. "Ahmet Köksal Kimdir? Hayatı ve Eserleri | Türk Edebiyatçılar İnternet Ansiklopedisi" (in Turkish). 10 September 2021. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
2. 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.

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