Keskin, Birhan: - Birhan Keskin was born in Kırklareli, a town on the European side of Turkey, in 1963. She graduated from the literature department of Istanbul University in sociology in 1986. She published her first poem in 1984. Between 1995 and 98, with her friends, she published the literary journal Göçebe (Nomad). She worked as an editor in numerous publications. Her poetry books are: Delilirikler (Madlyrics), İskenderiye Library Publications, 1991; Bakarsın Üzgün Dönerim (You Will Find That I Will Return Sad), Era Publishers, 1994; Cinayet Kışı (The Winter of Murders) + İki Mektup (Two Letters), Göçebe Poetry Books, 1996; Yirmi Lak Tablet (Twenty Milligram Pills) + Yolcunun Siyah Bavulu (The Traveler's Black Suitcase), YKY, 1999; Yeryüzü Halleri (The World's Conditions), YKY, 2002; Kim Bağışlayacak Beni (her first five books, Who Will Spare Me), Metis Publishers, 2005; Ba (Ba), Metis Publishers, 2005; Y'ol (Y'ol ), Metis Publishers, 2006); Soğuk Kazı (The Cold Excavation), Metis Publishers, 2010); Fakir Kene (The Poor Tick), Metis Publishers, 2016). Birhan Keskin's Ba won the Altın Portakal (Golden Orange) poetry prize in Turkey in 2006. Her Soğuk Kazi won the Metin Altıok poetry prize in 2016.