Aras Onur

Aras Onur (born April 23, 1982) is a Turkish author, poet, and columnist.

Aras Onur
Born
Onur Erkan[1]

(1982-04-23) April 23, 1982
Ankara, Turkey
StatusSingle
NationalityTurkish
OccupationAuthor, poet, stagewriter, screenwriter
Years active2004–present

Early life

Aras Onur was born in Ankara and is a graduate of TED Ankara College and University of Ankara. He started his literary career in the early 2000s.[2] Openly gay, he has been often associated with local LGBT literature.[3]

He is often identified as a socialist columnist in the media, although his conservative tendencies are also often noted.[4]

Aras Onur was pointed as mastermind of "Kindle a Candle" protests, a wave of civil series of unrest in Turkey began on 11 September 2015.[5] The protesters were led by a common manifest released by columnists of a national newspaper named Karsi, in which the slogan "Kindle a Candle, Stand Out" was captioned.[6]

Career

His first book of poetry was published in 2004, called Sudan Masallar, integrating a wordplay in Turkish which could be construed either as "tales from the water" or "arbitrary tales". His synopsis text for a short film (Gıyabında Cam Kadeh) ("The Wineglass in absentia" in English) was awarded the second place by Istanbul Bilgi University in 2007. During the same year one of his plays, Üç Kapı (Eng: "Three Doors"), made its theatrical debut. He was listed as one of the contemporary Turkish poets awaiting translation, among Cemal Sureya, Birhan Keskin, Turgut Uyar, and Edip Cansever.[7]

He had written for Karsi columns for two years as the acting-editor until he resigned from office in October 2016, following to ban of accessing to paper's website.

Corpus

Books
Year Title Class of Literature Notes
2004 Sudan Masallar Poetry The initial foray of the author into poetry.
2014 Beylerbeyi'nde Son Tango Poetry
2015 (expected) His Secret Diary Novel Roman-a-clef; based on a true story of a secret agent working for the Turkish intelligence agency.
2017 Direnc, Onur ve Dahasi Academic Editor for an LGBTQ rights book consisting of ten chapters.
2018 Pars ile Porsuk' Novel Roman-a-clef; based on a true bromance story of a gay hero narrator and his buddy.

Stageplays
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Three Doors Stagewriter Performed by a small theatre in 2007.
2015 The Unknown Accessory Adaptor and Co-writer Based on a tale of Okan Cem Çırakoğlu. In production.

Released Works
Date Title Class Issue
2007 Waiting for Godot Adaptation of Samuel Beckett's stageplay Kul Oyku
2014 Jan. Cay / Tea Poem Hayal Quarterly Magazine, Issue 48[8]
2014 Sep. Juan Short tale Hayal Quarterly Magazine, Issue 51[9]
2016 May Die Why Translated Poem Off the Coast, Maine's International Poetry Journal Volume XXII, No.2[10]
2016 June, 23 Leave Me Not, Geodesy, Lollipop Translated Poems Five 2 One Literary Magazine, #thesideshow June 23, 2016[11]

References
  1. "MSG Member List". MSG. Musical Work Owners Group. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  2. "Sucluyla Meselem Yok, Derdim Sucla". Izmir'de Sanat. Izmir'de Sanat Org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  3. "Three Micro-poems by Aras Onur". #thesideshow. Five 2 One. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  4. "Sosyalist Yazardan Yavas'a Ovgu". Turkler Haber. TURKLER Bilisim Arastirma Organizasyon ve Yayincilik Produksiyon Reklam Anonim Sirketi. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  5. "Bir Mum Yak, Kapiya Cik". Karsi Gazete. Akis Yayincilik San. ve Tic. A.S. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  6. "Ortak Eylem". Turkler Haber. TURKLER Bilisim Arastirma Organizasyon ve Yayincilik Produksiyon Reklam Anonim Sirketi. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  7. "Ways to Get to Hell". Versopolis European Poetry Platform. VERSOPOLIS The European Review of Poetry, Books and Culture. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  8. "Hayal Issue 48". Hayal. Hayal Yayincilik ve Telif Hakları Ajansi. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  9. "Hayal Issue 51". Hayal. Hayal Yayincilik ve Telif Hakları Ajansi. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  10. "Off the Coast, Spring 2016 Contributors Note". Off the Coast. Off the Coast Maine's International Poetry Journal. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  11. "Three Micro-poems by Aras Onur". #thesideshow. Five 2 One. Retrieved 24 June 2016.

In addition:

  • Onur, Aras. Beylerbeyi'nde Son Tango. Istanbul: Hayal Publishing, 2014. p. 72.
  • Onur, Aras. Sudan Masallar. Ankara: Sabah Books, 2004. p. 4.
  • Bavulum Dolu Sanatla. Ankara: TRT Turkiye'nin Sesi Radyosu, live talk show July 31, 2014.
  • Biz Bize. Kanal-B, live TV show January 28, 2015.
  • Candemir, G. (February 24, 2015). Kir; korkuyla vucut bulan bir kavram. Birgun, p. 14.
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