hülya
n. yılmaz [sic], Ph. D., is a retired Penn State professor with an extensive teaching
career in German, Comparative Literature and Turkish studies. Advanced-level
creative writing, her most prominent instructional focus, constitutes her
primary area of expertise. Her academic publications and treatises dwell on the
literary reflections of cross- and inter-cultural influences, between the West
and the Islamic East in particular. A member of the Editorial Freelancers
Association and the Academy of American Poets, yılmaz served as editorial
consultant for a large number of literary manuscripts of national and
international content with her substantial experience in book evaluations,
critiques, developmental editing and literary translations.
yılmaz has
authored Trance, a trilingual book of
poetry with her own literary translations in English and Aflame. Memoirs in Verse, a collection of poems in English, and co-authored
An Aegean Breeze of Peace, poetry in
English. Her third solo book, this and
that is pending publication. She has presented some of her poetic work in
various countries outside the U.S., including Kosovo, Canada, Jordan and
Tunisia. The
Year of the Poet
is an international anthology to which hülya contributes every month with
her poems. Her poetry has been published in an excess of sixty-eight
anthologies of global endeavors. Several of her poems have been highlighted in Pastiche, a local literary journal. Two
of her poems were distinguished on April 15, 2017 through inclusion in a
U.S.-wide poetry exhibition that is the second in the nation –TelePoem Booth,
a permanent public art installation in her hometown, State College, PA. On May
25, 2018, WIN – the
Writers International Network of British Colombia, Canada honored hülya with a
poetry award.
hülya is
currently working on four book-length literary manuscripts: poetry in English
and Turkish with her own translations of the Turkish poems; poems in English;
poetry in Turkish with her own English translations, and a collection of short
stories. Her
short prose, including feature articles, professional prefaces, introductions,
forewords and epilogues, has appeared in literary publications of national and
international makeup.
yılmaz
says, she finds it vital for everyone to understand a deeper sense of self and
that she writes creatively to attain and nourish a more comprehensive
understanding and development of our humanity.
