AHMET MUHİP DRANAS
22 December 2008 20:00
Developed by Atilla Birkiye
Adapted to Stage by Mehmet Birkiye
Music Director and Piano Serdar Yalçın
Poems recited by Tilbe Saran, Metin Belgin,
Bülent Emin Yarar
One of the distinguished poets of modern Turkish literature and a towering figure with his poems, Ahmet Muhip Dranas (1908–1980) concentrates on establishing an image, a situation and a “moment” in his opems. He achieves this with an emotional intensity using a language and image structure of his very own. Dranas stresses the form in conveying human emotions, longings and memories with this intense imagery and language. His poetic universe indicates a search of oneself among layers of meaning. “All the Love Must Have Gone in A Summer” presents the poet’s works selected thematically with the accompaniment of music in a dramatic style.
Adapted to Stage by Mehmet Birkiye
Music Director and Piano Serdar Yalçın
Poems recited by Tilbe Saran, Metin Belgin,
Bülent Emin Yarar
One of the distinguished poets of modern Turkish literature and a towering figure with his poems, Ahmet Muhip Dranas (1908–1980) concentrates on establishing an image, a situation and a “moment” in his opems. He achieves this with an emotional intensity using a language and image structure of his very own. Dranas stresses the form in conveying human emotions, longings and memories with this intense imagery and language. His poetic universe indicates a search of oneself among layers of meaning. “All the Love Must Have Gone in A Summer” presents the poet’s works selected thematically with the accompaniment of music in a dramatic style.