Aras Onur

Aras Onur
Born Onur Erkan
(1982-04-23) April 23, 1982
Ankara, Turkey
Status Single
Nationality Turkish
Occupation Author, poet, stagewriter, screenwriter
Years active 2004–present

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

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 early 2000's. Openly gay, he has been often associated with local LGBT literature.[1]

He is often identified as a socialist columnist in the media, although his conservative tendencies are also often noted.[2]

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.[3] The protesters were led by a common manifest released by columnists of a local newspaper named Karsi, in which the slogan "Kindle a Candle, Stand Out" was captioned.[4]

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.

Corpus

Books

Year Title Class of Literature Notes
2004 Sudan Masallar Poetry The initial foray of the author into poetry.
2007 Öyle Bir Kılavuz Tales
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.
2015 (announced) My Return from Paris Poetry
2015 (announced) Siblings of Mathilda Short Tales
2015 (announced) Highway Poetry

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 Triple Monthly Magazine, Issue 48
2014 Sep. Juan Short tale Hayal Triple Monthly Magazine, Issue 51

References

  1. ↑ "Sucluyla Meselem Yok, Derdim Sucla". Izmir'de Sanat. Izmir'de Sanat Org. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sosyalist Yazardan Yavas'a Ovgu". Turkler Haber. TURKLER Bilisim Arastirma Organizasyon ve Yayincilik Produksiyon Reklam Anonim Sirketi. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Bir Mum Yak, Kapiya Cik". Karsi Gazete. Akis Yayincilik San. ve Tic. A.S. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Ortak Eylem". Turkler Haber. TURKLER Bilisim Arastirma Organizasyon ve Yayincilik Produksiyon Reklam Anonim Sirketi. Retrieved 14 September 2015.

All information is taken from his published books and his mentioned speeches done in conferences and reliable sources.

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