Aras Onur
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{{Infobox person
| name = Aras Onur
| birth_name = Onur Erkan{{cite web|title=MSG Member List|url=http://www.msg.org.tr/tr-TR/MembersList0.msg|website=MSG|publisher=Musical Work Owners Group|accessdate=7 June 2016}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|4|23}}{{Citation needed|date=August 2015}}
| birth_place = Ankara, Turkey
| image =
| nationality = Turkish
| occupation = Author, poet, stagewriter, screenwriter
| years_active = 2004–present
| status = Single
}}
Aras Onur (born 23 April 1982) is a Turkish author, poet, and columnist.
Early life
Aras Onur was born in Ankara and is a graduate of TED Ankara College and University of Ankara. He started his literary career in the early 2000s.{{cite web|title=Sucluyla Meselem Yok, Derdim Sucla |url=http://www.izmirdesanat.org/aras-onur/ |website=Izmir'de Sanat |publisher=Izmir'de Sanat Org. |accessdate=7 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063112/http://www.izmirdesanat.org/aras-onur/ |archivedate=4 March 2016 }} Openly gay, he has been often associated with local LGBT literature.{{cite web|title=Three Micro-poems by Aras Onur|url=http://five2onemagazine.com/3374-2/|website=#thesideshow|date=23 June 2016 |publisher=Five 2 One|accessdate=24 June 2016}}
He is often identified as a socialist columnist in the media, although his conservative tendencies are also often noted.{{cite web|title=Sosyalist Yazardan Yavas'a Ovgu |url=http://www.turklerhaber.com/sosyalist-yazardan-yavas-a-ovgu-n-7726.aspx |website=Turkler Haber |publisher=TURKLER Bilisim Arastirma Organizasyon ve Yayincilik Produksiyon Reklam Anonim Sirketi |accessdate=1 June 2015 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Aras Onur was pointed as mastermind of "Kindle a Candle" protests, a wave of civil series of unrest in Turkey began on 11 September 2015.{{cite web|title=Bir Mum Yak, Kapiya Cik |url=http://www.karsigazete.com.tr/bir-mum-yak-kapiya-cik-39-makale,929.html |website=Karsi Gazete |publisher=Akis Yayincilik San. ve Tic. A.S. |accessdate=11 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913043307/http://www.karsigazete.com.tr/bir-mum-yak-kapiya-cik-39-makale%2C929.html |archivedate=13 September 2015 }} The protesters were led by a common manifest released by columnists of a national newspaper named Karsi, in which the slogan "Kindle a Candle, Stand Out" was captioned.{{cite web|title=Ortak Eylem |url=http://www.turklerhaber.com/ortak-eylem-bir-mum-yak-kapiya-cik-n-10693.aspx |website=Turkler Haber |publisher=TURKLER Bilisim Arastirma Organizasyon ve Yayincilik Produksiyon Reklam Anonim Sirketi |accessdate=14 September 2015 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Career
His first book of poetry was published in 2004, called Sudan Masallar, integrating a wordplay in Turkish which could be construed either as "tales from the water" or "arbitrary tales". His synopsis text for a short film (Gıyabında Cam Kadeh) ("The Wineglass in absentia" in English) was awarded the second place by Istanbul Bilgi University in 2007. During the same year one of his plays, Üç Kapı (Eng: "Three Doors"), made its theatrical debut. He was listed as one of the contemporary Turkish poets awaiting translation, among Cemal Sureya, Birhan Keskin, Turgut Uyar, and Edip Cansever.{{cite web|title=Ways to Get to Hell|url=http://www.versopolis.com/review/10/ways-to-get-to-hell-one-is-by-writing-a-poem|website=Versopolis European Poetry Platform|publisher=VERSOPOLIS The European Review of Poetry, Books and Culture|accessdate=24 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024215538/http://www.versopolis.com/review/10/ways-to-get-to-hell-one-is-by-writing-a-poem|archive-date=24 October 2016|url-status=dead}}
He had written for Karsi columns for two years as the acting-editor until he resigned from office in October 2016, following to ban of accessing to paper's website.
Corpus
=Books=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Class of Literature ! Notes |
|---|
| 2004
| Sudan Masallar |Poetry |The initial foray of the author into poetry. |
| 2014
|Beylerbeyi'nde Son Tango |Poetry | |
| 2015 (expected)
|His Secret Diary |Novel |Roman-a-clef; based on a true story of a secret agent working for the Turkish intelligence agency. |
| 2017
|Direnc, Onur ve Dahasi |Academic |Editor for an LGBTQ rights book consisting of ten chapters. |
| 2018
|Pars ile Porsuk |Novel |Roman-a-clef; based on a true bromance story of a gay hero narrator and his buddy. |
| 2018
|Paris'ten Dondugumde | |
=Stageplays=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2007
|Three Doors |Stagewriter |Performed by a small theatre in 2007. |
| 2015
|Adaptor and co-writer |Based on a tale of Okan Cem Çırakoğlu. In production. |
=Released Works=
References
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In addition:
- Onur, Aras. Beylerbeyi'nde Son Tango. Istanbul: Hayal Publishing, 2014. p. 72.
- Onur, Aras. Sudan Masallar. Ankara: Sabah Books, 2004. p. 4.
- Bavulum Dolu Sanatla. Ankara: TRT Turkiye'nin Sesi Radyosu, live talk show 31 July 2014.
- Biz Bize. Kanal-B, live TV show 28 January 2015.
- Candemir, G. (24 February 2015). Kir; korkuyla vucut bulan bir kavram. Birgun, p. 14.
External links
- [http://www.hayalyayinlari.com/beylerbeyi.html Beylerbeyi'nde Son Tango Official Webpage]
- [http://arasonur.blogspot.com Official Blog in Turkish of Aras Onur]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150426235755/http://www.karsigazete.com.tr/yazarlar/aras-onur-147.html Columns in the Karsi News]
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