Three Poems - by Müesser Yeniay

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Three Poems - by Müesser Yeniay

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"Now Do Not Tell Me Of Men!", "Between My Body and the World", "Flower Village" Three poems by Müesser Yeniay published Poethead 12/07/2014. These poems are self-translated.

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Müesser Yeniay was born in İzmir, Turkey in 1984. She graduated from Ege University, with a degree in English Language and Literature. She has won several prizes in Turkey including Yunus Emre (2006), Homeros Attila İlhan (2007), Ali Riza Ertan (2009), Enver Gökçe (2013) poetry prizes.
 
Her first book Dibine Düşüyor Karanlık da was published in 2009 and her second book Evimi Dağlara Kurdum is a collection of translation from world poetry. Yeniden Çizdim Göğü was published in 2011. She has translated the poems of Persian poet Behruz Kia under the name of Lalelere Requiem. She has translated Selected Poems of Gerard Augustin together with Eray Canberk, Başak Aydınalp, Metin Cengiz (2011). She has also translated the Personal Anthology of Michel Cassir together with Eray Canberk and Metin Cengiz (2011). Lately, she has published a Contemporary Spanish Anthology with Metin Cengiz and Jaime B. Rosa. She has also published a book on modern Turkish Avant-garde poetry The Other Consciousness: Surrealism and The Second New (2013). Her latest poetry book Before Me There Were Deserts was published in 2014 in İstanbul.
 
Her poems have appeared in the following magazines abroad: The Voices Project, The Bakery, Sentinel Poetry, Yellow Medicine Review, Shot Glass Journal, Poesy, Shampoo, Los Angeles Review of Books, Mediterranean Poetry (USA&England); Kritya (India); Casa Della Poesia, Libere Luci (Italy); Poeticanet, Poiein (Greece); Revue Ayna, Souffle, L’oiseau de feu du Garlaban (France); Al Doha (Qatar); Tema (Croatia).
 
Her poems have been translated into English, French, Serbian, Arabic, Hebrew, Italian, Greek, Hindi, Spanish and Romanian. She participated in the poetry festivals like Sarajevo International Poetry Festival, September 2010 (Bosnia-Herzegovina); Nisan International Poetry Festival, May 2011 (Israel); Belgrad International Poetry Festival, September 2012 (Serbia); Voix Vives International Poetry Festival (Sete), July 2013 (France); Kritya International Poetry Festival, September 2013 (India), Galati/Antares International Poetry Festival, June 2014 (Romania).
 
Müesser is the editor of the literature magazine Şiirden (of Poetry). She is currently pursuing a PhD in Turkish literature at Bilkent University, Ankara, and is also a member of PEN and the Writers Syndicate of Turkey.

(Biographical Source: Müesser Yeniay)

"Now Do Not Tell Me Of Men!", "Between My Body and the World", "Flower Village" Three poems by Müesser Yeniay published Poethead 12/07/2014. These poems are self-translated.

Online URL: https://poethead.wordpress.com/2014/07/12/three-poems-by-muesser-yeniay/

Creator

Müesser Yeniay

Source

Poethead

Publisher

Chris Murray, WordPress

Date

2014 -

Contributor

Müesser Yeniay

Rights

© Müesser Yeniay

Relation

Şiirden (of Poetry)

Format

Web Page, Online

Language

English

Type

Poetry, poetics, Translation

Identifier

Web Resource

Coverage

Global