Küçük İskender

Turkish writer (1964–2019)

Küçük İskender
Born	Derman İskender Över (1964-05-28)28 May 1964 Istanbul
Died	3 July 2019(2019-07-03) (aged 55) Beykoz, Istanbul
Pen name	Küçük İskender
Occupation	Poet, critic, actor
Nationality	Turkish
Period	Cumhuriyet dönemi
Years active	1985–2019
Notable works	Gözlerim Sığmıyor Yüzüme
Notable awards	Orhon Murat Ariburnu Awards – 2000.^[1]

Derman İskender Över, also known as Küçük İskender (28 May 1964 – 3 July 2019), was a Turkish poet, critic and actor.^[2]

Biography

İskender was born on 28 May 1964 in Istanbul.^[3] He graduated from Kabataş High School for Boys, then he studied in Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine and left school in his last year. Later on, he studied at Department of Sociology in Istanbul University, and left after 3 years education. He wrote poems, criticisms, and essays in various magazines starting from the 1980s until the day he died. His first poem was published in the journal Milliyet Genç Sanat, under the name İskender Över. His poems began to be published professionally in Adam Sanat magazine in 1985.

Career

He shared the stage in Istanbul with Turkey's most important music figures like Baba Zula, Rashit, Teoman, Nejat Yavaşoğulları, Gripin, Hayko Cepkin, Zakkum, Harun Tekin, Derya Köroğlu, Mabel Matiz, Can Bonomo, model, Flört, Cemiyette Pişiyorum, also he shared the literature and cinema stages with Orhan Alkaya, Mustafa Altıoklar, Şenol Erdoğan, Pelin Batu, Haydar Ergülen, Arif Damar, Lale Müldür and Enver Ercan from the world. Küçük İskender is also accompanied by young poets such as Onur Akyıl, Gonca Özmen, Erdal Erdem, Harun Atak, Emre Varışlı, Emirhan Esenkova, Şakir Özüdogru, Sinem Sal, Zafer Çakır, especially in Beyoğlu, Ankara, İzmir, İzmit, Zonguldak, Elazığ, Gaziantep, Milas. He held performance nights in many different places such as, Seferihisar, Gumusluk, Bodrum, Bolu, Kirsehir, Nicosia.

Acting

Küçük İskender acted on 1997's movie Ağır Roman and 2002's movie O Şimdi Asker which are directed by Mustafa Altıoklar.

Bibliography

The current publishing houses of the books and the first date they were published were taken into account.

Poem

Gözlerim Sığmıyor Yüzüme (1988 / Adam Publications )
Erotika (1991 / Adam Publications )
Yirmi5April (1994 / YKY )
Periler Ölürken Özür Diler (1994 / Gendaş )
Suzidilara (1996 / Adam Publications )
Güzel Annemin Hayal Gücü (Tek Baskılık Kitap) (1996 / Hera Şiir Kitaplığı )
Ciddiye Alındığım Kara Parçaları (1997 / YKY )
Papağana Silah Çekme! (1998 / Om Publications )
Alp Krizi (Tek Baskılık Kitap) (1999 / Çalıntı Publications )
Gözyaşlarım Nal Sesleri (1999 / Adam Publications )
Bir Çift Siyah Deri Eldiven (2000 / Adam Publications )
İpucu Bırakma Sanatı (2000 / Om Publications )
Bahname (2000 / Om Publications )
Teklifsiz Serseri (2001 / Om Publications )
Kahramanlar Ölü Doğar (2001 / Om Publications )
Çürük Et Deposu (2001 / Adam Publications )
Eski Kral Deposu (2002 / Adam Publications )
Siyah Beyaz Denizatları (Toplu Şiirler I) (2003 / Gendaş )
Barudî (Kürtçe Çeviri) (2003 / Piya )
Dicle ile Fırat (2004 / Gendaş )
Bir Daha Bana Benzeme Angel! (2004 / Varlık )
Sarı Şey (2010 / Sel Publications )
Bu Defa Çok Fena (2011 / Sel Publications )
Ali (2013 / Sel Publications )
Elli belirsiz (2014 / Sel Publications )
Ölen Sevgilimin Şiir Defteri (2017 / Can Publications )

Poetic text's

Dedem Beni Korkuttu Hikâyeleri (1992 / Parantez )
İkizler Burcu Hikâyeleri (1993 / Parantez )
666 (1994 / Gendaş )
Galileo'nun Pergeli ( 2009 / Sel )
The Kırmızı Başlıklı İstasyon Şefi (1996 / Parantez )
Belden Aşağı Aşk Hikâyeleri (1996 / Parantez )
Pop H'art (1997 / İnkılâp )
Balık Burcu Hikâyeleri (2000 / Parantez )
Made in Hell (2001 / İnkılâp )
Insectisid (2002 / Stüdyo İmge )
Necronomicon / Ölüm Kitabı (2004 / Turuncu Medya )
Waliz Bir (2016 / Can )
Her Şey Ayrı Yazılır ( 2016 / Can )

Novel

Flu'es (1998 / Parantez)
Cehenneme Gitme Yöntemleri (1999 / Parantez )
Zatülcenp (2000 / İnkılâp )

Essays

Kanlı Lağım Fareleri'den küçük İskender'e (2001 / Stüdyo İmge )
Aşk Şiirleri Kolonisi (2004 / Everest )

Review / Criticism

Şiirli Değnek (1995 / YKY )
Eflatun Sufleler (2002 / Gendaş )
Rimbaud'ya Akıl Notları (2004 / Alkım )

Diary studies

Cangüncem (1996 / Gendaş )
Bu defa çok fena (2011/ Sel)

Studies on his works

Küçük İskender Kitabı-İnceleme, Tartışma ve Söyleşiler (2019 / İkaros Publications )

Awards

Orhon Murat Ariburnu Awards – 2000^[4]
Melih Cevdet Anday Literature Award – 2006
Erdal Öz Literature Award – 2014
Necatigil Poetry Award – 2017^[5]
Yunus Nadi Awards – 2018

Books written about

Ölü evindeki çılgın eğlence Can Sever'in Küçük İskender'in şiir kitabıyla ilgili yazısı
Şiir Dinletileri Küçük İskender'in şiir dinletileri
Salih Alexander Wolter: Erinnerung an küçük iskender.^[6]
"Küçük İskender Kitabı'nın Anlamı" Murat Esmer'in yazısı.^[7]

References

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Notes

^ "Behçet Necatigil". 6 July 2019. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
^ "Son dakika haberi! Küçük İskender yaşamını yitirdi! Küçük İskender kimdir? – Son Haberler". 3 July 2019. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
^ Soysal, İlhami (1988). 20. yüzyıl Türk şiiri antolojisi (3rd ed.). Yenişehir, Ankara: Bilgi Yayınevi. ISBN 975-494-022-3. OCLC 22925406.
^ "Behçet Necatigil". 6 July 2019. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
^ "Erdal Öz Edebiyat Ödülü Küçük İskender'in! – Milliyet Haber". 14 March 2016. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
^ Wolter, Salih Alexander (2020). Das Sternbild des Matrosen lesen Schwules Leben – schwule Literatur. Heinz-Jürgen Voß, Psychosozial-Verlag. Gießen. ISBN 978-3-8379-3012-2. OCLC 1154193165.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Duvar, Gazete (17 December 2019). "'Küçük İskender Kitabı'nın anlamı" (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 August 2021.