Şeref Taşlıova
Şerafettin Taşliova
Şerafettin Taşliova (Seref Tasliova) is a famous turkish storyteller in the asik bardic tradition. He was born in the village of Pekşeren (Gülyüzü), in the district of Çıldır in the Ardahan Province, on April 10, 1938. His name translates as "honor".
Taşliova has won many prizes at bardic contests for improvised poetry and storytelling; many at international level. He has also been awarded by UNESCO. He started writing poetry around the age of ten and is widely recognised for his ability to tell epic tales, being one of the most prominent figures in the northeastern Anatolian tradition of minstrelsy, He is a prolific published author of poetry, and has also recorded many albums of his poetry and bardic stories.
Taşliova has also had a long career in broadcasting, He makes appearances on a number of Turkish television stations, and has been making a regular radio broadcast since 1966, he has also appeared in the Michael Wood, BBC, documentary In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great (1997), where he demonstrated the oral traditions of the storyteller.
Albums
- Wonderful, 1967
- TürküOla, 1976
- Wonderful, 1986
Books
- The Heart Garden.
External links
http://www.kultur.gov.tr/EN/Genel/BelgeGoster.aspx?17A16AE30572D313FFB2CB2AD591CE26BEC33B5F26CD2CF1