Ahmet Emin Atasoy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ahmet Emin Atasoy

writer

Date of Birth: 16-May-1944

Place of Birth: Targovishte, Targovishte Province, Bulgaria

Profession: poet

Nationality: Bulgaria

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Ahmet Emin Atasoy (born 16 May 1944), is a Bulgarian-born Turkish poet, author and interpreter. Graduated from the Department of Turkish Philology at Sofia University.
He worked as a literature teacher, art reporter and director of reading halls.
He took refuge in Turkey in 1989.
His poetry, articles and translations were published in magazines such as Cumhuriyet Kitap, Çagdas Türk Dili, Düslem, Kavram-Karmasa, Sincan Istasyonu, Sözcükler, and Yaba Edebiyat.
His poems were translated into Azerbaijan Turkish, Bulgarian, English, Macedonian and Romanian.
He translated poems by several Bulgarian and Russian poets into Turkish.
In 2008, he was awarded "The Great Poetry Award" in the Arges 11th International Poetry Festival (Romania) and "2008 Special Jury Award" of the European Culture Academy (Bulgaria) for Orpheus’un Liri (Orpheus’ Lyre).