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Müesser Yeniay c_Metin Cengiz
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Müesser Yeniay (born in 1984 in Izmir, Turkey) studied English Language and Literature at the Ege University. Yeniay works as a poet, writer and translator. Her work has been translated into several languages including Hungarian, English, Vietnamese, Persian and Hindi. She edits the literary magazine Şiirden and is a member of the Turkish PEN. Yeniay’s poems have been awarded many prizes and cover subjects from love poetry to feminism to a present-day political survey of Turkey. She sees the poet as a transparent being through whom the reader can sees the structure of the world. In her eyes poets are the mouthpieces of nature, the echo of everyday life and mirrors reflecting daily occurrences. Yeniay has been awarded many prizes and was has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize of the Muse Pie Press in the USA.
Publications (a selection):
Before Me There Were Deserts. Istanbul 2014
The Other Consciousness: Surrealism and The Second New. Istanbul 2013
Başak Aydınalp, Metin Cengiz. Istanbul 2011
Yeniden Çizdim Göğü. Istanbul 2011
Dibine Düşüyor Karanlık da. Istanbul 2009
Prizes (a selection):
Enver Gökçe 2013
Ali Riza Ertan 2009
Homeros Attila İlhan 2007
Yunus Emre 2006