Abstract:

Nezih Cansel (1921-1997), who published poetry extensively in important literary magazines of the period such as Varlık, Istanbul Kültür, Kaynak in the second half of the 1940s and also published two books of poetry called as Arka Sokak (The Back Alley) (with Turhan Gürkan) and Fener Bekçisi (The Lighthouse Keeper), is a forgotten poet for today. In our article, we tried to identify the poems published by Nezih Cansel in magazines since 1945, and we examined together these poems with those in his books. In the analysis, Cansel's poems were discussed in terms of the changes they have undergone. Cansel's poems, which have changed poetically twice in the short time he published his work, are divided into three periods accordingly. The Garip movement and Attila Ilhan played an important role in those changes. While analyzing Cansel's poems, we tried to show these effects by trying to reveal how his poems have changed in terms of form and content in connection with the understanding of poetry it influenced him. In this way, we aimed to evaluate Cansel's poetry world in a holistic way with our study.

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