- Seyhmus Dagtekin
Seyhmus DAGTEKIN, poet and writer, born in 1964 in a Kurdish village in Turkey, lives in Paris since 1987. He writes in Turkish, in Kurdish or in French. Author of six poetry books, and à novel "À la source, la nuit", he has nowadays a leading role in renewing French poetry.
Seyhmus Dagtekin has already received several important prizes in France: The Mallarmé Poetry Prize 2007 for his book "Juste un pont sans feu", The Yvan Goll International Francophone Poetry Prize for "Les chemins du nocturne" and the special mention of The Five Continents of the Francophonie Prize in 2004 for his novel.
Works
*"Juste un pont sans feu", Le Castor astral (2007)
*"La langue mordue", Le Castor astral - Écrits des Forges(2005)
*"À la source, la nuit", Robert Laffont (2004)
*"Couleurs démêlées du ciel", Le Castor Astral - Écrits des Forges (2003)
*"Le verbe temps", Le Castor Astral - Écrits des Forges (2001)
*"Les chemins du nocturne", Le Castor Astral (2000)
*"Artères-solaires", L'Harmattan (1997)
*"Aşkın Yalın Hali", Ünlem Yayınları, 1992External links
* Seyhmus Dagtekin Website [http://www.seyhmusdagtekin.fr/]
* On Nomadics [http://pjoris.blogspot.com/2007/05/down-hudson-seyhmus-dagtekin.html]
* The Publisher Castor Astral Website [http://www.castorastral.com/collection.php?id_livre=528]
* Printemps des Poètes Website [http://www.printempsdespoetes.com/?rub=poetheque&page=14&url=http://www.printempsdespoetes.com/poetheque/index.php?fiche_poete%26cle=373%26nom=Seyhmus%20Dagtekin]
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