Join this channel to benefit from the privileges: / Important People If he had lived, he would have been 90 years old now and perhaps he would have gained more space in our library with his wonderful books. We are talking about a writer who could only write for 7 years after his first novel. We are talking about Oğuz Atay; an engineer who asked his readers who had not yet discovered him when he wrote his books, 'I am here, my dear reader, where are you?'... But still, Oğuz Atay, who has at least one book in everyone's library, is one of the most beloved writers of our day. Dozens of books have been written about the writer who showed us the humor in sadness. Let's get to know Oğuz Atay better. Oğuz Atay, one of our most read and loved great writers in our country, was born on October 12, 1934 in Kastamonu. His father, a lawyer and criminal judge, Mehmet Cemil Atay, was a CHP deputy in Sinop and Kastamonu for a while. His mother was Muazzez Zeki Hanım, born to a French mother and a Turkish father. His father, Cemil Atay, was a lawyer who served as a member of parliament for 11 years but could not own a house of his own. His mother was a primary school teacher. He also had a younger sister. The first address for those who want to find detailed information about Oğuz Atay should definitely be oğuzatay.net. Because it has many memories, information about his books, videos of his voice, and even a visual of the building he died in. I also made extensive use of this site while doing research. And one of the things that caught my attention was what was written in Oğuz Atay's high school yearbook. Atay was described exactly with these sentences: atay, oğuz (science)It is very difficult to describe Oğuz's character, who was a born artistic child. As you know, the serenity is artistic... He appears before us as a different personality every day. But when we say Oğuz, "hand" comes to mind; Because Oguz likes to express his thoughts with his hands rather than his tongue. He is interested in music. What can the broken piano in the class and the helpless minds of his friends pull from his hands... He is very interested in caprice. Some days he has jokes, but they get lost in his cold jokes. He loves to go to the cinema and the theatre. His greatest wish is to be inspired by his "Agah ağah" (Agâh Hün) and to become the quality of Rıza of the future. Ted passed the state maturity exam the year he graduated from Ankara College (1951). He graduated from the Faculty of Civil Engineering of Istanbul Technical University. He worked as an engineer for six months at the Anayol Engineering Company. During these years, he would often go to the Baylan Patisserie in Beyoğlu. He made friends with people like Ferit Edgü, Demir Özlü, Hilmi Yavuz and Onat Kutlar. After resigning from his job, he became a faculty member at the Construction Department of the Istanbul State Engineering and Architecture Academy (now Yıldız Technical University). He taught topography and road construction courses there. Atay, who became an associate professor in 1975, also wrote a professional book called Topography. His articles and interviews were published in various magazines and newspapers. In 1973, he wrote an article for the Turkey 1923-1973 encyclopedia published for the Hurriyet newspaper. Dostoyevsky and Kafka were his favorite writers. He made many references to both in his fictional texts; of Tutumayanlar, he says, "They evaluate people with such simple measures. They haven't read Dostoyevsky either, they don't know." Atay's work Tutumayanlar, which had a great impact, was followed by his second novel, Dangerous Games, published in 1973. The following information is available about this book on Oğuzatay.net: Dangerous Games is Oğuz Atay's second novel. It was published in 1973. In the novel, inner dialogues such as "Tutunamayanlar" are encountered quite frequently and it is not clarified whether Hikmet's life, which is conveyed to the reader, is a dream or reality. Atay, who collects his stories under the title "Waiting for Fear", published "The Novel of a Scientist" in 1975, which is about the life of Prof. Mustafa Inan, who lived between 1911-1967 and was also his teacher. The novel of a scientist tells the story of Mustafa Inan's life, which started in poverty, and how he gained the "title of scientist". His play "Oyunlarla Yaşanlar", published in 1973, was staged at the State Theater. "Oyunlarla Yaşanlar" was the only theater play written by Oğuz Atay. #OğuzAtay #Tutunamayanlar #DangerousPlays #Literature