\u015eair Ece Ayhan’a g\u00f6re “Ke\u015ffedilmeyi bekleyen bir ada” olan Zarifo\u011flu, Niyazi Bey ile \u015eerife Han\u0131m’\u0131n o\u011flu olarak 1 Temmuz 1940’ta Ankara’da d\u00fcnyaya geldi.<\/p>\n
Hayata g\u00f6zlerini Ankara’da a\u00e7mas\u0131na ve bir s\u00fcre de bu \u015fehirde ya\u015famas\u0131na ra\u011fmen kendini daima Kahramanmara\u015fl\u0131 olarak tan\u0131tt\u0131. Bunda atalar\u0131n\u0131n \u00fc\u00e7 as\u0131r \u00f6nce Kafkasya’dan Mara\u015f’a g\u00f6\u00e7meleri ve Zarifo\u011flu’nun lise y\u0131llar\u0131n\u0131 da Mara\u015f’ta ge\u00e7irmesi etkili oldu.<\/p>\n
Kafkasyal\u0131 Zarif soyundan gelen Cahit Zarifo\u011flu, okula ba\u015flamadan \u00f6nce okuma-yazmay\u0131, resim yapmay\u0131 ve Kur’an-\u0131 Kerim okumay\u0131 annesi, anneannesi ve mahalle hocalar\u0131ndan \u00f6\u011frendi.<\/p>\n
\u015eanl\u0131urfa’da ba\u015flad\u0131\u011f\u0131 ilk\u00f6\u011frenimini, 1951’de Kahramanmara\u015f’ta tamamlayan Zarifo\u011flu, babas\u0131n\u0131n g\u00f6revi nedeniyle \u00e7ocukluk y\u0131llar\u0131n\u0131 Silvan, Baykan, Siirt, Siverek ve K\u0131z\u0131lcahamam’da ge\u00e7irdi.<\/p>\n
Zarifo\u011flu, lise son s\u0131n\u0131fta edebiyat ve matematik derslerinden b\u00fct\u00fcnlemeye kald\u0131\u011f\u0131 i\u00e7in 1955’te ba\u015flad\u0131\u011f\u0131 liseyi ancak 1961’de tamamlad\u0131. Kahramanmara\u015f’a d\u00f6nerek k\u0131sa s\u00fcre vekil \u00f6\u011fretmenlik yapan usta yazar, bir gazetede \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmaya ba\u015flad\u0131 ve bu d\u00f6nemde ilk \u015fiirleri ile denemeleri, yerel gazete ve dergilerde yer ald\u0131.<\/p>\n
Ba\u015far\u0131l\u0131 edebiyat\u00e7\u0131 ile T\u00fcrk edebiyat\u0131n\u0131n \u00f6nemli kalemlerinden Rasim \u00d6zden\u00f6ren, Alaeddin \u00d6zden\u00f6ren, Erdem Bayaz\u0131t, Mehmet Akif \u0130nan ve Ali Kutlay ile Mara\u015f Lisesi’nde ba\u015flayan arkada\u015fl\u0131klar\u0131, “Dirili\u015f”, “Edebiyat” ve “Mavera” dergilerinde s\u00fcrd\u00fc. Zarifo\u011flu’nun yaz\u0131lar\u0131, Nuri Pakdil’in Mara\u015f’ta \u00e7\u0131kard\u0131\u011f\u0131 “Hamle” dergisinde yay\u0131mland\u0131.<\/p>\n
“Yedi G\u00fczel Adam” olarak bug\u00fcn de hat\u0131rlanmaya devam eden bu arkada\u015f grubu, 1956-1959 y\u0131llar\u0131nda “Yenilik”, “Yeni Ufuklar”, “T\u00fcrk Sanat\u0131”, “Se\u00e7ilmi\u015f Hikayeler”, “Varl\u0131k”, “Yeditepe”, “Dost”, “Pazar Postas\u0131” gibi yay\u0131nlarda okurlarla bulu\u015ftu.<\/p>\n
Eski\u015fehir’de T\u00fcrk Hava Kurumunun u\u00e7u\u015f kurslar\u0131na kat\u0131larak Milli Model U\u00e7ak B Sertifikas\u0131 alan Zarifo\u011flu, jet pilotu olmak istediyse de kula\u011f\u0131ndaki rahats\u0131zl\u0131k nedeniyle Hava Harp Okulu’na gidemedi.<\/p>\n
\u00d6nc\u00fcl\u00fck etti\u011fi “\u0130nk\u0131lap” gazetesinde yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131 haberlerin yan\u0131 s\u0131ra g\u00fcnl\u00fck yaz\u0131lar yazan ve sanat sayfas\u0131 haz\u0131rlayan Zarifo\u011flu’nun bu eserleri, 1980’de okuyucuyla bulu\u015fan “Ya\u015famak” kitab\u0131nda toplad\u0131\u011f\u0131 g\u00fcnl\u00fcklerinin ilk \u00f6rnekleri oldu.<\/p>\n
Usta \u015fair, 1961’de \u0130stanbul \u00dcniversitesi Edebiyat Fak\u00fcltesi Alman Dili ve Edebiyat\u0131 B\u00f6l\u00fcm\u00fcne girdi ve uzun s\u00fcren \u00f6\u011frencili\u011finin ard\u0131ndan 1971’de mezun oldu.<\/p>\n
\u00dcniversite \u00f6\u011frenimi g\u00f6rd\u00fc\u011f\u00fc y\u0131llarda Cahit Zarifo\u011flu’nun ki\u015fili\u011fi ve \u015fiiri \u00fczerinde, Necip Faz\u0131l K\u0131sak\u00fcrek ile Sezai Karako\u00e7’un b\u00fcy\u00fck etkisi oldu.<\/p>\n
Zarifo\u011flu’nun \u015fiirleri, 1966’da yeniden \u00e7\u0131kmaya ba\u015flayan “Dirili\u015f” dergisi ile “T\u00fcrk Dili” ve “Soyut” dergilerinde, Cemal S\u00fcreya’n\u0131n “Papir\u00fcs”\u00fc, Memet Fuat’\u0131n “Yeni Dergi”sinde de yer ald\u0131.<\/p>\n
Yaz\u0131 hayat\u0131 boyunca lisedeki arkada\u015f grubuyla birlikte hareket eden Zarifo\u011flu, haftal\u0131k “Yeni \u0130stiklal” gazetesinin Rasim \u00d6zden\u00f6ren taraf\u0131ndan y\u00f6netilen sanat sayfas\u0131nda 1965’te as\u0131l ba\u015flang\u0131c\u0131n\u0131 yapt\u0131.<\/p>\n
Abdurrahman Cem ve Cahit Zarifo\u011flu imzalar\u0131yla art arda 13 \u015fiir kaleme alan ba\u015far\u0131l\u0131 edebiyat\u00e7\u0131, bu \u015fiirleri 1967’de yay\u0131mlad\u0131\u011f\u0131 ilk kitab\u0131 “\u0130\u015faret \u00c7ocuklar\u0131”na ald\u0131.<\/p>\n
Almanya’da Goethe Enstit\u00fcs\u00fcn\u00fcn dil e\u011fitimi kurslar\u0131na giden, otostop yaparak Avrupa’y\u0131 dola\u015fan ve k\u0131sa s\u00fcre terc\u00fcmanl\u0131k da yapan Zarifo\u011flu, 1969-1970’te “Hakimiyet” gazetesinde teknik sekreter olarak \u00e7al\u0131\u015ft\u0131.<\/p>\n
Cahit Zarifo\u011flu, bir s\u00fcre ka\u011f\u0131t ve otomobil firmalar\u0131nda, 1972-1973’te ise \u0130stanbul’daki bir kolejde Almanca \u00f6\u011fretmeni olarak g\u00f6rev yapt\u0131. 1973’te \u0130stanbul Tuzla’da yedek subay olarak ba\u015flayan ve Kars’ta devam eden askerlik g\u00f6revini 1975’te K\u0131br\u0131s’ta tamamlayan \u015fair, askerli\u011fin hemen ard\u0131ndan Makine ve Kimya End\u00fcstrisi Kurumunda memur olarak \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmaya ba\u015flad\u0131.<\/p>\n
Edebiyat \u00e7evrelerinde ilgiyle kar\u015f\u0131lanan ilk kitab\u0131n\u0131 kendi paras\u0131yla bast\u0131ran ve yeterince da\u011f\u0131tamad\u0131\u011f\u0131 i\u00e7in b\u00fcy\u00fck k\u0131sm\u0131 elinde kalan Zarifo\u011flu’nun Eyl\u00fcl 1973’te \u00e7\u0131kan ikinci kitab\u0131 “Yedi G\u00fczel Adam”, en bilinen eserlerinden biri oldu.<\/p>\n
“\u0130ns” adl\u0131 eseri de 1974’te Edebiyat Dergisi Yay\u0131nlar\u0131 aras\u0131nda \u00e7\u0131kan Zarifo\u011flu, m\u00fctercim sekreter olarak 1976’da TRT’ye ge\u00e7ti.<\/p>\n
Necip Faz\u0131l K\u0131sak\u00fcrek’in arac\u0131l\u0131\u011f\u0131yla, Abd\u00fclhakim Arvasi’nin soyundan gelen, Van M\u00fcft\u00fcs\u00fc Kas\u0131m Arvas’\u0131n k\u0131z\u0131 Berat Han\u0131m’la tan\u0131\u015fan \u015fair, 19 A\u011fustos 1976’da evlendi. Zarifo\u011flu’nun Van’da ger\u00e7ekle\u015fen d\u00fc\u011f\u00fcn\u00fcnde Necip Faz\u0131l K\u0131sak\u00fcrek nikah \u015fahidi oldu. \u015eairin, Fatma Bet\u00fcl, Ay\u015fe Hicret, Ahmet ve Arife ad\u0131nda 4 \u00e7ocu\u011fu d\u00fcnyaya geldi.<\/p>\n
Zarifo\u011flu, 1983’te TRT \u0130stanbul Radyosu’na atand\u0131. \u0130\u00e7ine kapan\u0131k bir karakteri olan ve \u015fiirini temelde “\u0130kinci Yeni”nin kazan\u0131mlar\u0131 \u00fczerine kurarak bu ak\u0131mda kendi yenili\u011finin pe\u015fine d\u00fc\u015fen Zarifo\u011flu, al\u0131\u015f\u0131lmad\u0131k s\u00f6z dizimiyle, imge ve b\u00fct\u00fcnl\u00fc\u011fe verdi\u011fi \u00f6nemle, T\u00fcrk \u015fiirine kendi orijinalli\u011fini getirebilen \u015fairlerden biri oldu.<\/p>\n
\u015eiirleri \u0130ngilizce ve Arap\u00e7aya da \u00e7evrilen usta \u015fair, \u00f6mr\u00fcn\u00fcn son y\u0131llar\u0131nda y\u00f6neldi\u011fi \u00e7ocuk edebiyat\u0131nda kaleme ald\u0131\u011f\u0131 “Y\u00fcrekdede ile Padi\u015fah” eseriyle, 1984’te T\u00fcrkiye Yazarlar Birli\u011fi \u00c7ocuk Edebiyat\u0131 \u00d6d\u00fcl\u00fc’n\u00fc kazand\u0131.<\/p>\n
Zarifo\u011flu, pankreas kanseri nedeniyle 7 Haziran 1987’de \u0130stanbul’da vefat etti.<\/p>\n
Yedi \u0130klim, Muhit, Mavera, Beyaz Bulut, Seferber, Kitap\/Haber, Hece ve B\u00fcrde’nin aralar\u0131nda bulundu\u011fu dergilerde vefat\u0131ndan sonra \u00f6zel say\u0131larla yad edilen ve ad\u0131na \u015fiir \u00f6d\u00fclleri verilen Zarifo\u011flu hakk\u0131nda bir\u00e7ok tez de kaleme al\u0131nd\u0131.<\/p>\n
Cahit Zarifo\u011flu, “\u0130\u015faret \u00c7ocuklar\u0131”, “Yedi G\u00fczel Adam”, “Menziller”, “Korku ve Yakar\u0131\u015f”, “\u015eiirler” adl\u0131 \u015fiir kitaplar\u0131 “Ser\u00e7eku\u015f”, “A\u011fa\u00e7kakanlar”, “Kat\u0131raslan”, “Y\u00fcrekdede ile Padi\u015fah”, “Motorlu Ku\u015f”, “K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck \u015eehzade”, “Ku\u015flar\u0131n Dili”, “G\u00fcl\u00fcc\u00fck” ve “A\u011fa\u00e7okul” isminde \u00e7ocuk kitaplar\u0131na imza att\u0131.<\/p>\n
Usta yazar, g\u00fcnl\u00fck t\u00fcr\u00fcnde “Ya\u015famak”, roman t\u00fcr\u00fcnde “Sava\u015f Ritimleri” ve “Anne” eserlerini yazarken, deneme t\u00fcr\u00fcndeki “Bir De\u011firmendir Bu D\u00fcnya” ve “Zengin Hayaller Pe\u015finde” isimleriyle toplanan eserlerinin yan\u0131 s\u0131ra, “S\u00fct\u00e7\u00fc \u0130mam” adl\u0131 tiyatro oyununu da kaleme ald\u0131.<\/p>\n
Zarifo\u011flu’nun \u00fcniversite tezi “Rilke’nin Roman\u0131nda Motifler” ad\u0131yla kitapla\u015ft\u0131r\u0131ld\u0131. Beyan Yay\u0131nlar\u0131 ayr\u0131ca yazar\u0131n “Konu\u015fmalar”, “Romanlar”, “Hikayeler”, “\u00c7ocuklar\u0131m\u0131zla Atlara Biniyorduk”, “Okuyucularla”, “Mektuplar” ve “Radyo Oyunlar\u0131”n\u0131 okuyucunun istifadesine sundu.<\/p>\n
K\u0131sa \u00f6mr\u00fcne bir\u00e7ok deneyim s\u0131\u011fd\u0131ran Zarifo\u011flu, eserlerinde sanat\u00e7\u0131 duyarl\u0131l\u0131\u011f\u0131yla s\u0131radan hayatta kar\u015f\u0131la\u015fabilecek olaylar\u0131 ve durumlar\u0131 daha kapsaml\u0131 ve derinlikli alg\u0131lad\u0131. D\u00fcnyada ve T\u00fcrkiye’de ya\u015fanan g\u00fcncel olaylara kay\u0131ts\u0131z kalmayarak bunlar\u0131 eserlerine yans\u0131tt\u0131.<\/p>\n
\u0130slami duyarl\u0131l\u0131\u011fa sahip entelekt\u00fcel ki\u015fili\u011fiyle Zarifo\u011flu, eserlerinde d\u00fcnya hayat\u0131n\u0131 ihmal etmeden \u0130slami hassasiyeti \u00f6n plana \u00e7\u0131kartmay\u0131 hedefledi.<\/p>\n
Cahit Zarifo\u011flu, yar\u0131n K\u00fcpl\u00fcce Kabristan\u0131’ndaki kabri ba\u015f\u0131nda ailesi, dostlar\u0131 ve okuyucular\u0131 taraf\u0131ndan an\u0131lacak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sadece \u015fiir alan\u0131nda de\u011fil hikaye, roman, tiyatro, deneme, makale, \u00e7ocuk edebiyat\u0131 gibi her edebi t\u00fcrde ba\u015far\u0131l\u0131 eserler ortaya koyan Cahit Zarifo\u011flu’nun vefat\u0131n\u0131n ard\u0131ndan 39 y\u0131l ge\u00e7ti.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":29264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[10158,10159],"class_list":["post-29263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kultur-sanat","tag-cahit-zarifoglu","tag-sair"],"yoast_head":"\n