Mehmet Erte

Mehmet Erte

Mehmet Erte (born 1978- ) is a contemporary Turkish poet and writer. He studied Physics at Sakarya University. His first poem, “Yıldırımları Beklemek”, published in Varlık magazine in 1999. Erte’s poems, short stories, essays and interviews were published in various magazines such as Varlık, Kitap-lık, Yasakmeyve, Sonra Edebiyat, Heves, Kül Öykü, Merdiven Şiir, E[disambiguation needed ], Hayvan, Milliyet Sanat. Erte received 2003 Yaşar Nabi Nayır Poetry Award with his work “Suyu Bulandıran Şey”, in the same year this work was published as a book. His first short story book, “Bakışın Kirlettiği Ayna” (May 2008) and his second poetry book, “Alçalma” (February 2010) were published by YKY. He worked as an editor at Yasakmeyve magazine for two years. He is currently working as an editor at Varlık Publishing House.

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