Mesut Balik

(Haarlem, 1972) went to Turkey at the age of seven. After completing elementary and secondary school he studied architecture at the METU (Middel East Technical University in Ankara). After his studies he returned to the Netherlands. At present he works for an architecture and engineering office in Haarlem. During his stay in Turkey he occasionally wrote lovepoems. Back in the Netherlands he started to write short stories. A few of his stories have been published in Turkish magazines. In 2002 at the Turkish-Netherlands Troya Poetry Festival he was awarded the incentive prize for short stories.
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