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Okan Yılmaz
Okan Yılmaz
was born in Kadıköy, Istanbul. They received their undergraduate degree in Turkish Language and Literature from Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts and earned their Master's degree from Yıldız Technical University. They are expected to complete their Ph.D. at the same institution. Their research interests include contemporary Turkish poetry and theatre, feminist and queer theory, love/desire/the body, literary politics, and popular culture. They continue to teach literature courses at several leading universities in Turkey. Their poems, essays, and interviews have been translated into several languages, including English, German, Romanian, Italian, and Arabic. They have been invited to various literary conferences across Europe. They are the only young poet in Turkey whose complete poetic works have been published in mainstream literary venues. They are also a queer activist.
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