Tuna Kiremit莽i (b. February 1973, Eski艧ehir) is a contemporary Turkish author.
His first poems were published in the magazine Varl谋k during his Galatasaray High School years. His book entitled "Ayabakanlar" (Moon Watchers) that won him the "Ya艧ar Nabi Nay谋r" Award for Poetry met his readers in 1994. In 1997 he shared the "Erguvan Balkan Poetry Award with the Bosnian poet Izzet Saraylic. This was followed by his second book of poems "Akademi" (Academy) in 1998.
Tuna Kiremit莽i's first novel "Git Kendini 脟ok Sevdirmeden" (Leave Before I Fall in) that came out in 2002 excited great interest and was acknowledged as one of the most important literary events of that year. His second novel "Bu 陌艧te Bir Yaln谋zl谋k Var" (Way of Loneliness) and "Baz谋 艦iirler Baz谋 艦ark谋lar" (Some Poems Some Songs) a collection of his poems were published in 2003. His books "Yolda 脺莽 Ki艧i" (Three On The Road) and "A.艦.K. Neyin K谋saltmas谋?" (What is L.O.V.E.?) published in 2005 have met with a wide audience.
His books that on the whole treat the tragedies of ordinary people, the impasse of relationships between men and women in today's Turkish society and the melancholy of getting old with an expression that is mournful but that evokes a smile here and there, have been appraised by Professor G眉rsel Ayta莽 as being examples in Turkish literature of "romantic irony" (H眉rriyet G枚steri: July-August 2005).
Tuna Kiremit莽i who studied cinema at the Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, and who has received awards for short films at various festivals is engaged on work as a columnist and in writing scenarios. Besides this in the 1990s he did work on Ethnic Rock with the group Kumdan Kaleler (Sand Castles) and put his name to the album ("Denize Do臒ru"; 1996 Facing The Sea) as composer and soloist. He is married and the father of a son.