Ali F. Bilir

Ali F. Bilir

Ali F. Bilir (born in 1945 in Gülnar, Mersin, Turkey) is a poet, author and critic, and an active member of Turkish Authors Association. He attended the School of Medicine for a year, but graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Istanbul, in 1969.

During his university years, he worked part-time at a tourist youth hostel in Istanbul as a reception clerk and later as a manager. In 1967, as an adventure, he toured Europe and North Africa, mainly on foot. For a while, he lived in Essex and London to improve his English language skills, doing various jobs. He participated in the student and youth movements of 1968.

In 1970, he published the literary magazine called “North.” Between 1995 and 2005, he was the arts and culture reporter for the local newspapers, “Katılım” and “Yeni Gazete.”

His poems, short stories and articles on various subjects have been published in local, regional, national, and international periodicals, magazines, and journals. His work has won many awards. Ali F. Bilir's last poetry book Migration Ballads is being granted by the Turkish government as one of the significant examples of Turkish written heritage. Migration Ballads is published by Plain View Press, U.S.A, in 2008, within the scope of TEDA project.

Ali F. Bilir is also a member of Turkish Authors Association (Edebiyatçılar Derneği), Türkiye Yazarlar Sendikası, The European Writers’ Council (EWC), Language Association of Turkey (Dil Derneği), and Big Bend Poets chapter of the Florida State Poets Association.

Bibliography

Short Stories

Poems

Critique

Compilations

Research

Monographies

Awards

Ali F.Bilir's poems, short stories and articles on various subjects have been published in local, regional, national, and international periodicals, magazines, and journals. He has received many awards:

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