İnci Asena
İnci Asena is a Turkish publisher and a poet. She is also a former Miss Turkey.Life
She was born to Muhtar and Nihal in İstanbul, Turkey in 1948. She is the younger sister of Duygu Asena, a notable journalist. She graduated from the School of English studies at İstanbul University.
In 1966, she participated at the Miss Turkey beauty contest under the pseudonym Aylin Öndersev, which actually was her aunt's name, who died young. She won the contest. She married to journalist Halit Çapın, and gave birth to a daughter named Berfu. Her marriage ended with divorce lasting briefly.In 1990, she established a publishing company named Adam Yayınları. Her poems appeared in Adam Sanat, a literary periodical of the company. In some of her poems, she used the pen name Ani Toros. She also wrote books, and is a member of PEN International.Books
Her books are the following:
- 1992: Türk Yazınından Seçilmiş Aşk Şiirleri
- 1993: Türk Yazınından Seçilmiş Ayrılık, Özlem, Yalnızlık Şiirleri
- 1993: Tramvay Döşeriz Ay Döşeriz
- 1994: Dünya Yazınından Seçilmiş Mektuplar
- 1996: Çıplak Bakamıyorum
- 1998: Üç Gün Paris: Fotoğraf Arkası Notları
- 1999: Amsterdam’dan Fotoğraf Arkası Notları
- 2000: Tutamadığım Sözler
- 2000: Yirminci Yüzyılda Yazınımıza Elverenler
- 2001: Maskeler
- 2005: Aldanış