2006
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Poetry. Translated from the Turkish by Saliha Parker. The first book in English translation of works by this world famous Turkish essayist and poet. Enis Batur has been widely celebrated in his homeland and in Europe. The distinguished critic and anthologist Mehmet Fuat placed him among the strongest poets of his generation. Among poets, Melih Cevdet Anday wrote that he "found a certain prophetic quality, a saintliness in Batur's poetry," and Gulten Akin pointed to "wisdom in Enis Batur's poetry, wisdom backed by stories of a lifetime." Cemal Sureya praised him as "unlike anyone else," and Ahmet Oktay wrote that his "poetry is like those strange tropical plants that fold up at night, waiting for a possible prey." "Enis Batur... and] Orhan Pamuk are the two important figures of a new Turkish literature that has freed itself from all archaic and folkloric bonds"—Marc Semo.
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Enis Batur
Author · 133 books
Ahmet Enis Batur is a Turkish poet, essayist, novelist, and editor. Born in Eskişehir, Enis Batur studied at St. Joseph High School (Istanbul), METU-Sociology (Ankara), and Sorbonne University (Paris). Enis Batur is one of the leading figures in contemporary Turkish literature with a large body of work, extending to over a hundred volumes. Some of his works have been translated into European languages including French, English and Italian.
