Akin, Gülten (1933–)
Akin, Gülten (1933–)
Turkish poet. Name variations: Gulten Akin or Guelten Akin. Born 1933 in Turkey; grew up in Ankara; graduate of Ankara Law School, 1955; married a district governor.
One of Turkey's most distinguished women poets, worked as barrister in Anatolia and as a teacher in various districts in Turkey; writings include The Hour of the Wind (1956), My Black Hair I Cut (1960), On the Shoals (1964), Red Carnation (1971), The Legend of Marash and Okkesh (1972), Dirges and Ballads (1976), Hymns (1983), Love Endures (1991), And Then I Aged (1995), and Silent Back Yards (1998). Won the Turkish Language Association Award for Poetry (1961, 1971) and Sedat Simavi Literature Award (1992).
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