User:Rosti995/Abdullah Aşçı

Abdullah Aşçı (1921, Burdur - 1994, Istanbul), was a novelist as well as an article and short story writer writer.

He is known from his stories on ordinary people, and has found place among the authors describing the countryside in Turkish literature.

Biography
Abdullah Asci was born in 1921 in Burdur. After the completion of his secondary education in Istanbul's Haydarpasa High School, he got in Istanbul University's Department of Philosophy but shortly after, had to leave the school due to his monetary issues connected with World War II. After his leave, he returned to his home in Burdur and ran a hotel.

His first prose poems were published in Istanbul Haber Newspaper in 1942. In 1944, he won the second prize with a prose poem in a competition that the Ankara Halkevi (Ankara Community Center) had started. Since 1953, said poem has been published in various magazines, and most notably in the Turkish literature and arts magazine, Varlık. In his stories, besides revealing the lives and struggles of ordinary people with all their nakedness, he also discusses the issues within life and society and is known for his criticisms of them. His articles have appeared in various magazines such as Yenilik, Türk Dili, Varlık, İstanbul and Papyrus.

He started to work as a civil servant at Eskişehir Sugar Factory as of 1955. In 1956, he was appointed to the accounting service at the Burdur Sugar Factory and stayed there until his retirement in 1979. He spent the rest of his life in Burdur.

In 1960, he was appointed to trial for his short story "Bitirim Ustegmen" regarding his at the time radical philosophy. Though it is important to note that these events were not uncommon within Turkey at this point in time. Asci published two story books, Bekar Adam (1960) consisting of 15 stories, and Dayak Dagitimi (1982), consisting of 7 stories. He died in Istanbul in 1994. He was married and the father of three children.

Prizes Earned
1944 - Second Place in Ankara Community Center Literature Competition

Bibliography (Excluding Articles)

 * Bekar Adam (1960, Büyük Kervan Publishing)
 * Dayak Dağıtımı (1982, Dayanışma Publishing)