"N芒z谋m Hikmet'den sonra 莽ok b眉y眉k bir T眉rk 艧airi daha buldum. B眉t眉n gece g枚z眉me uyku girmedi." - Pablo Neruda
"Toplumumuz bir Melih Cevdet Anday yeti艧tirmi艧 olmakla 枚v眉nmelidir." - Haldun Taner
"Bu yap谋tta 'klasik' sanat莽谋 tan谋m谋na en 莽ok yak谋艧an Anday'谋n yeni 艧iirleri yine 'zaman 眉st眉" bir ki艧inin izlenimleri, duyarl谋l谋臒谋, d眉艧眉nceleri ile bizi ba艧ba艧a b谋rakmaktad谋r."
Melih Cevdet Anday was born in Istanbul in 1915. In 1936, he started attending the Faculty of Letters and History-Geography. In 1938, he went to Belgium to study sociology, however, upon breakout of World War II in 1940, he had to return to his homeland. Between 1942 and 1951, he worked as a publication consultant for the Department of Publications of the Turkish Ministry of National Education, and subsequently he was employed as librarian for the Ankara Library. In 1951, he returned to Istanbul and did reporting for the Aksam newspaper. During this period, he wrote short features and essays for Terc眉man, B眉y眉k Gazete, Tanin and Cumhuriyet newspapers. He was also in charge of the art and literature sections of the same papers. From 1954 onwards, he taught phonetics and diction courses in the Department of Drama of the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory. Between 1964 and 1969, Anday served as a member of the Turkish Radio Television鈥檚 Board of Directors. When he retired from his position in the Conservatory in 1977, Anday was assigned to the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris as Cultural Attach茅. Later on, due to a change in government he was called back to Turkey. He wrote essays for the Cumhuriyet newspaper regularly from 1960 to 1990, and occasionally from 1990 to 2000.
Tiyatro kl眉b眉m眉zde bu 艧iiri bedensel anlat谋m (beden dili) tarz谋yla sergilemeye 莽al谋艧t谋臒谋m谋z bir oyun i莽in detayl谋 olarak incelemi艧tik.
G谋lgam谋艧 destan谋n谋n etkileyicili臒i bir yana 艧iirde ke艧fetti臒imiz say谋sal bir kodlama yap谋s谋 bizi epey heyecanland谋rm谋艧t谋. Kesinlikle zaman谋n d谋艧谋nda kalan bir eser.
脟iftlikteki Gece olmasa 莽ok rahat 5 y谋ld谋z alacak; imgeselli臒ine ra臒men ba臒da艧t谋r谋lmas谋 ve yorumlamas谋 olduk莽a ak谋c谋, pastoral,mitolojik,ustal谋k dolu bir kitap. Melih Cevdet Anday'谋n ne de臒erli bir kalem ve insan oldu臒unu g枚steren bir eser. Hafif g眉ne艧 ve deniz meltemi ile okunmas谋 枚nerilir.