hülya n. yılmaz [sic], is a Professor Emerita
(PSU) 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 intercultural
influences, between the West and the Islamic East in particular. Having
substantial experience in book evaluations, critiques, developmental editing,
and literary translations, she served as an editorial consultant for various
literary manuscripts of national and international content.
Trance, her debut book, is a trilingual poetry
collection that includes her own literary translations in English and German.
Her other books include Aflame. Memoirs in Verse, this and that, Letter-Poems
from a Beloved (poems in English in all three), My Lifeblood (poems
in English and Turkish), Once upon a Time in Turkey (short stories in
English), and Bir Zamanlar Türkiye’ de (her own short
stories translated into Turkish). She has co-authored An Aegean Breeze of
Peace (poetry in English). She has presented some of her poetic work in
various countries in and outside the U.S., including Kosovo, Canada, Jordan and
Tunisia. Her literary work has been published in an excess of ninety-five
anthologies of global endeavors. Her short prose, including feature articles,
professional prefaces, introductions, forewords, and epilogues, has appeared in
literary publications of national and international makeup. 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 excellence award.
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.
