Yusuf Bal, who was born in Sivas in 1975, is a biology teacher trained as well as a poet. After graduating from Middle East Technical University, Department of Biology Teaching in 1999, he became intensely interested in literature.
He was the editor of Poyraz Literature Magazine between 2009 and 2012 and directed the works in 20 issues of this magazine. His poems and theoretical texts, starting from Poyraz, Ayvakti, Akpฤฑnar, Mirror Insan, Berceste, Literature Medium, Erciyes, Eliz, Gรถรง, Ihlamur, Hayal Bilgisi, Habis, Hรผrriyet Gรผnde Sanat, Pencil, Well, Social Complex, Blue-Green, Mortaka, Seal, Draft, Nif, Papyrus, Border, Altar, Poetry Time, He met with readers in magazines such as TabutMag, Temren, Temrin, Varlฤฑk and Yolcu.
Yusuf Bal is a poet who has developed his own unique style by adopting the understanding of experimental and visual poetry. Bal's works, which push the boundaries of language, feed on visual elements and include formal experiments in his poems, have appeared not only in magazines but also in various poetry yearbooks and anthologies. In this respect, he stood out as one of the leading representatives of both visual and experimental poetry.
Bal, who attracted the attention of literature lovers with his book "รcra ฤฐลletme" published by รtรผken Neลriyat in 2011, later appeared before the readers with his works "Gรถzkuลaฤฤฑ" in 2013 and "Da" in 2017. Continuing his understanding of experimental and visual poetry, Bal's books were evaluated as works that inspired different voices in the field of poetry.
