In 1970, he was appointed assistant undersecretary at the Ministry of Culture. After retiring, he served as the Secretary General of the Turkish Language Association (1972-83). His office was terminated with the closure of the association (1983) and Külebi joined the Social Democratic Party and embarked on a career on politics.
His first poems were published in the review Gençlik (1938), beginning in 1938, and later on in Sokak (1940), Insan (1941), Varlik, Yaratis (1944-46), Türk Dili, Hisar, Söz. In his lyric poems, where he benefited from traditional folk poetry, he tried to reflect the reality of Anatolia. In his last poems, he employed a new style of discourse. The poems in his book Atatürk Kurtulus Savasinda (Atatürk in the War of Independence) were set to music by Nüvit Kodalli in Atatürk Oratoryosu (Oratorio for Atatürk, 1953). He collected the Turkish Language Association Literature Award in 1955 for his book Yeseren Otlar (Growing Grass) and the Yeditepe Poetry Prize in 1981 for Yangin (Fire).
WORKS:
POETRY: Adamin Biri (One Man, 1946), Rüzgâr (The Wind, 1949), Atatürk Kurtulus Savasinda (Atatürk in the War of Independence, 1952), Yeseren Otlar (Growing Grass, 1954), Süt (Milk, 1965), Siirler (Poems, all poems, 1969), Sikinti (Boredom, 1980), Bütün Siirleri (All Poems, 1982), Güz Türküleri (Autumn Songs, 1991).
ESSAY: Siir Her Zaman (Poetry Forever, 1985).
MEMOIR: Içi Sevda Dolu Yolculuk (The Journey Full of Love, 1986).
In 1970, he was appointed assistant undersecretary at the Ministry of Culture. After retiring, he served as the Secretary General of the Turkish Language Association (1972-83). His office was terminated with the closure of the association (1983) and Külebi joined the Social Democratic Party and embarked on a career on politics.
His first poems were published in the review Gençlik (1938), beginning in 1938, and later on in Sokak (1940), Insan (1941), Varlik, Yaratis (1944-46), Türk Dili, Hisar, Söz. In his lyric poems, where he benefited from traditional folk poetry, he tried to reflect the reality of Anatolia. In his last poems, he employed a new style of discourse. The poems in his book Atatürk Kurtulus Savasinda (Atatürk in the War of Independence) were set to music by Nüvit Kodalli in Atatürk Oratoryosu (Oratorio for Atatürk, 1953). He collected the Turkish Language Association Literature Award in 1955 for his book Yeseren Otlar (Growing Grass) and the Yeditepe Poetry Prize in 1981 for Yangin (Fire).
WORKS:
POETRY: Adamin Biri (One Man, 1946), Rüzgâr (The Wind, 1949), Atatürk Kurtulus Savasinda (Atatürk in the War of Independence, 1952), Yeseren Otlar (Growing Grass, 1954), Süt (Milk, 1965), Siirler (Poems, all poems, 1969), Sikinti (Boredom, 1980), Bütün Siirleri (All Poems, 1982), Güz Türküleri (Autumn Songs, 1991).
ESSAY: Siir Her Zaman (Poetry Forever, 1985).
MEMOIR: Içi Sevda Dolu Yolculuk (The Journey Full of Love, 1986).
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