Poetry Translation Centre

Sunay Akin

Born in Trabzon in 1962 Sunay Akin is one of the most popular contemporary poets of Turkey. His first poems were first published in 1984. After graduating from Istanbul University he has published two poetry magazines Yaprak – Leaf in 1984 and Olmaz – Impossible in 1990. He is a lecturer in Marmara University Istanbul and a producer of various TV and Radio shows.

He writes his poems in a gentle and lyric tone he uses interesting details of life as his subject matter. He is also a performance poet who holds regular events in Istanbul and around Turkey. He has published 4 poetry collections and in the last couple of years short stories and essays on various different topics and collected them in 6 different books.

Poems we've translated

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