Efe Duyan

A poet and architect born in İstanbul in 1980, Efe Duyan is the author of three poetry collections: Sıkça Sorulan Sorular/Frequently Asked Questions (2016), Tek Şiirlik Aşklar/One Poem Stands (2012) and Takas/Swap (2006), and currently teaches the history of architecture at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. Editor of a comtemporary poetry anthology, Bir Benden Bir O’ndan (2010) and a member of the editorial board of the acclaimed literature magazine Offline Istanbul, he is the author of a critical essay, “The Construction of Characters in Nâzım Hikmet’s Poetry” (2008).

Duyan's poems have been translated into Bosnian, Czech, Chinese, Croatian, Danish, English, Estonian, French, Greek, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Rumanian, Macedonian, Maltese, Occitan, Slovenian, Ukrainian and Welsh.

His translations into Turkish include poetry collections by Radu Vancu (Romania), Matthias Göritz (Germany) and Lloyd Schwartz (USA).