World Literary Awards

← Back to Home

Orhan Koçak

オルハン・コチャク

Orhan Koçak

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1948-01-01 (Istanbul)
Nationality
トルコ
Languages
トルコ語
Residence History
Istanbul

Career

Occupations
writer, critic, translator, editor, publisher
Active Years
1970-
Affiliations
Defter (founder), Kanat Yayınları (founder), Virgül (general publication director)

Education

Ankara Koleji
high school
Country: Turkey
Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi
Public Administration and Political Science
Country: Turkey
graduate

Awards

Erdal Öz Edebiyat Ödülü
2016
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

İmgenin Halleri

criticism

Three Essays Towards Mithat Şen's Painting

phenomenology

Kopuk Zincir

criticism

Bahisleri Yükseltmek

criticism

The Experience of Self-Creation in Turgut Uyar's Poetry

poetry

Bibliography

  • İmgenin Halleri
  • Kopuk Zincir
  • Modern Ve Ötesi
  • Bahisleri Yükseltmek
  • Turgut Uyar ve Başka Şeyler
  • Tehlikeli Dönüşler

Translations by Author

  • Minima Moralia (Theodor W. Adorno)
  • Akıl Tutulması (Max Horkheimer)
  • Haset ve Şükran (Melanie Klein)
  • Proust (Samuel Beckett)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Style influenced by phenomenology, psychoanalytic theory, and Marxist dialecticsCritical theory from Frankfurt School
Recurring Motifs
poetry criticismmodern literature

Legacy

Pioneering role in Turkish literary criticism, introducing Frankfurt School, poetry criticism. Awarded Erdal Öz Literature Prize in 2016.