Cemâl Süreya (born Cemâlettin Seber; 1931 – 9 January 1990) was a Turkish poet and writer of Kurdish–Zaza descent.^[1][2]

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Cemâl Süreya
Born	Cemalettin Seber 1931 Erzincan, Turkey
Died	January 9, 1990(1990-01-09) (aged 58–59) Istanbul, Turkey
Occupation	Poet, writer
Nationality	Turkish
Alma mater	Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University
Years active	1953–1990
Spouse	Seniha Seber ​ (m. 1954⁠–⁠1962)​ Zühal Tekkanat ​ (m. 1967⁠–⁠1975)​ Güngör Demiray ​ (m. 1975⁠–⁠1975)​ Birsen Sağnak ​ (m. 1980⁠–⁠1990)​
Partner	Tomris Uyar (1964–1967)
Children	2

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Süreya and his family were deported to Bilecik, a city in the Marmara Region of Turkey after the Dersim Rebellion (Tunceli) in 1938.

He graduated from the Political Sciences Faculty of Ankara University. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of the Papirüs literary magazine. Cemal Süreya is a notable member of the Second New Generation of Turkish poetry, an abstract and postmodern movement created as a backlash against the more popular-based Garip movement. Love, mainly through its erotic character, is a popular theme of Süreya's works. Süreya's poems and articles were published in magazines such as Yeditepe, Yazko, Pazar Postası, Yeni Ulus, Oluşum, Türkiye Yazıları, Politika, Aydınlık, and Somut. He is known to have been a primary influence on the poetry of Sunay Akın.^{[citation needed]} He lost a letter "y" from his pen name – originally Süreyya – because of a lost bet with Turkish poet Sezai Karakoç.^[3]

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