tarık günersel  
 

 

 

 

Born in Istanbul in 1953, Tarık Günersel works at Istanbul City Theater as a dramaturge. He also acts on stage and screen. He is married to Füsun Günersel; their daughter Barış, a young poet and writer, is studying in the USA.

His works include:

  • The Toy Called Time (a mosaic of poems, 1966-1999)
    Zaman Denen Oyuncak (1999, OM)
  • Do you believe in bodies?(stories and texts, 1972-1999)
    Bedenlere inanır mısınız? (1999, OM)
  • Sandification (memoirs of Aramco-Saudi Arabia 1982-86)
    Kumlaşmak (Aramco-Suudi Arabistan Anıları) (1999, Kaf)
  • Uzay Bilinci (1993, Broy)
    Space Consciousness (aphorisms, 1971-1993)

Some of his plays are:

  • Gods as Refugees on the Moon (Tanrılar Aydayken) (1 act, 1973)
  • Confession (İtiraf) (2 acts, 1988)
  • Magicomputer (Büyüsayar) (a comedy in 1 act, 1990)
  • Mime plays (for Vecihi Ofluoğlu, 1991)
  • Job Offer (İş Teklifi) (1 act, 1991)
  • Cheers for Madness (Yaşasın Delilik) (a monodrama in 1 act, 1993)
  • Nero and Agrippina (Neron ile Agrippina) (a tragedy in 1 act, 1994)
  • The Golden Fleece (Altın Post) (with Sandro Mrevlishvili; Turkish-Georgian,1995)
  • Five Girls and A Boy (Beş Kız Bir Oğlan) (1 act, 1999)
  • Fugitives (Kaçaklar) (1 act, 1999)
  • Forbidden Love (Aşk-ı Memnu) (3 acts, 1999-2000) (a stage adaptation of the novel Aşk-ı Memnu (1900) by Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil)
  • Violin and Guitar (Keman ile Gitar) (a comedy in 2 acts, 2000)

Tarık Günersel's filmscript A Temporary Bride (based on the novel
Eğreti Gelin by Şükran Kozalı) will appear on screen in 2002.

His libretti include

  • Ali Baba & the 40 Thieves (oriental comic opera) (Music: Selman Ada) (1988-89)
  • Blue Dot (Oratorio) (Music: Selman Ada) (1993-95)

T. Günersel's essays will bear the title Was Spartacus a Realist?

His translations into Turkish include:

  • Perry Anderson: Antinomies of Antonio Gramsci
  • Alan Ayckbourn: Things We Do for Love
  • Samuel Beckett: Waiting For Godot (with Uğur Ün)
  • Tim Burton: Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy
  • Sean O'Casey: The End of the Beginning
  • Ben Elton: Popcorn (the play version of the novel)
  • Richard Harris: Dead Guilty (with Füsun Günersel)
  • Arthur Miller: Mr Peters' Connections
  • Stephen Poliakoff: Hitting Town (with F. Günersel)

e-mail: tgunersel@turk.net