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Born
in Polis, Cyprus in 1926 Turkish-Cypriot poet-writer
Yalçın completed his first education on the
island. He continued his university education in Turkey where he
studied Turkish language and literature.
Havıng lived in Cyprus, Turkey,
England and Germany Yalçın taught as lecturer at
the Middle East Technical
University in Ankara. During 1964 -70
he also presented literary radio
programmes in Ankara.
During this period he also published "Hisar" - literary
magazine in Ankara. Since 1971 lives and works in Halver/Nordrhein
Westphalia where he taught English
until his retirement in 1986.
Yalçın writes in Turkish, German and in English.
He received the
following literary awards and prizes:
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KKTC Devet Ödülü -
State Prize, North Cyprus
(1989).
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Alfred Müller rock castle
Prize for Literature,
Hagen (1989).
- Coat of Arms sign of the city Halver.
- Since 1977 member in the
Writers Association of Ruhr Mark and of the Artists' & Writers'
Association of North Cyprus.
Yalçın's publications
include :
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"A" Sokagi/"A "road , poems
(1969, Hisar publishing house).
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EN Eski EN Uzark (1988,
Önel Verlag).
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Daha Yeni Daha Yakin (1991,
Önel Verlag).
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The sun and the man , poems
(1977, Hisar-Verlag/1997, Hague + Herchen).
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