Tuna Kiremitçi
Tuna Kiremitçi (born 24 February 1973 in Eskişehir) is a contemporary Turkish singer-songwriter.
His first poems were published in the magazine Varlık during his Galatasaray High School years. His book entitled Ayabakanlar ("Moon Watchers") that won him the "Yasar Nabi Nayır" Award for Poetry met his readers in 1994. In 1997 he shared the "Erguvan Balkan Poetry Award with the Bosnian poet Izet Sarajlić. This was followed by his second book of poems Akademi (Academy) in 1998.
Tuna Kiremitçi's first novel Git Kendini Çok Sevdirmeden ("Leave Before I Fall in") came out in 2002 and excited great interest and was acknowledged as one of the most important literary events of that year. His second novel Bu Işte Bir Yalnızlık Var ("Way of Loneliness") and Bazı Siirler Bazı Sarkilar ("Some Poems Some Songs") a collection of his poems were published in 2003. His novels Yolda Uc Kisi ("Three On The Road", 2005) and Dualar Kaliçidir ("Prayers Stay The Same", 2007) have met with a wide audience. His novels have been translated into 16 languages such as French, German, Chinese, Arabic, Italian, Spanish, Bulgarian.
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 Gürsel Aytaç as being examples in Turkish literature of "romantic irony" (Hürriyet Gösteri: July–August 2005).
Tuna Kiremitçi 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 Doğru;1996 "Facing The Sea") as composer and soloist. In 2013 he made an album with rock band Atlas called "Selam Yabancı (Hello Stranger). He ended his literary career after 2016 and focused solely on music. Today he continues his music career in urban folk style with solo albums called "Tuna Kiremitçi And His Friends (Tuna Kiremitçi ve Arkadaşları)".
He is the father of a son and a daughter.
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