Rahatı Kaçan Ağaç

by Melih Cevdet Anday

Bu kitapta Melih Cevdet Anday'ın ilk şiirleri ve 1946-1956 yılları arasında ilk basımları yapılan üç yapıtı bir arada sunuluyor: Rahatı Kaçan Ağaç (1946-1961); Telgrafhane (1952, 1964); Yanyana (1956). Kitaba ayrıca hemen bunu izleyen yıllarda yazılmış iki uzun masal-şiir de eklenmiştir.

Genres: Poetry, Turkish

140 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1946

About the author

Melih Cevdet Anday was born in Istanbul in 1915. In 1936, he started attending the Faculty of Letters and History-Geography. In 1938, he went to Belgium to study sociology, however, upon breakout of World War II in 1940, he had to return to his homeland. Between 1942 and 1951, he worked as a publication consultant for the Department of Publications of the Turkish Ministry of National Education, and subsequently he was employed as librarian for the Ankara Library. In 1951, he returned to Istanbul and did reporting for the Aksam newspaper. During this period, he wrote short features and essays for Tercüman, Büyük Gazete, Tanin and Cumhuriyet newspapers. He was also in charge of the art and literature sections of the same papers. From 1954 onwards, he taught phonetics and diction courses in the Department of Drama of the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory. Between 1964 and 1969, Anday served as a member of the Turkish Radio Television’s Board of Directors. When he retired from his position in the Conservatory in 1977, Anday was assigned to the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris as Cultural Attaché. Later on, due to a change in government he was called back to Turkey. He wrote essays for the Cumhuriyet newspaper regularly from 1960 to 1990, and occasionally from 1990 to 2000.

Reviews

[emre]

Anday'ın şiirleri öyle hafif dokunuşlarla öyle derin yerlere nüfuz ediyor ki hayran kaldım. Kendi gündelik yaşantısını, umutlarını, aşklarını anlatırkenki tutkusunu ayrı, memleket ve dünya meselelerinden bahsederken takındığı ince alaylı üslubu ayrı sevdim.

[Memed Koz · Rating 5 out of 5]

30 sayfadan ve 30 şiirden oluşan, incecik bir kitap. Ama bana kalırsa içindeki şiirler çok değerli. Orhan Veli ile başlattıkları Garip akımının en sıcak örneklerini içeriyor bu kitaptaki şiirler. En az Orhan Veli’ninkiler kadar samimi, okuyanın içini okşayan türde.
İlk kez rastladığım birşeyi de bahsedeyim; kitabın sayfa numaraları rakamlarla değil yazıyla belirtilmiş.