Coşkun Büktel

Coşkun Büktel
Born	1950 İzmir, Turkey
Occupation	Playwright, novelist, critic
Nationality	Turkish

Coşkun Büktel (born 1950) is a Turkish playwright, screenwriter, novelist and theatre critic.

He was born in İzmir, Turkey, in 1950 and graduated from the English Philology department of Istanbul University in 1981. He is best known for his twice-published play Theope, and also as a highly creative theatre critic.^[1]

Büktel also has published a drama anthology named "Eleştiren Oyunlar" (The Criticizing Plays) and has also translated D. H. Lawrence’s novella The Fox into Turkish. In recent years he has written three screenplays, including "Fiasco", the rights to which famous Turkish director/producer Sinan Çetin has purchased, and "İkinci Geliş" (The Second Coming), which has been already turned into a novel and is to be published soon.

Since 2007, Coşkun Büktel works on (uncreditedly) as a script doctor for one of the best rated TV serials "Arka Sıradakiler" which reached its third season and 88th episode,in October 2009.^[2]

Published works

• "Theope" (1993, 2007)^[1]
• "Shakespeare’siz Herifler" (Guys with no Shakespeare) (1998)^[1]
• "Türk Tiyatrosundan İnsan Manzaraları" (Human Landscapes From Turkish Theater) (1998)
• Eleştiren Oyunlar" (The Criticizing Plays) (1998)^[1]
• "Tilki" (The Fox) (1998)^[1]
• "Yönetmen Tiyatrosuna Karşı" (Against The Theater of Directors) (2001)^[1]
• "Fiyasko" (Fiasco) (2005). A funny crime novel, translated into English as "Fiasco" (Çitlembik Publication, 2008) by Feyza Howell.^[3]

References

1. "Coşkun Büktel". bigglook.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 31 July 2010.
2. "Anasayfa". coskunbuktel.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 31 July 2010.
3. "Fiasco". Google Books. Retrieved 31 July 2010.

External links

• Coşkun Büktel website