Background
Zarifoğlu was born in Ankara in 1940 and he grew up in Kahramanmaraş.
Zarifoğlu was born in Ankara in 1940 and he grew up in Kahramanmaraş.
After highschool, he went to İstanbul and studied German Language and Literature in İstanbul University.
He started writing poetry during his highschool years at Kahramanmaraş High School. He published his poems in Diriliş Dergisi. In 1976, he published some of his poems, stories, diaries and conversations in Mavera Dergisi.
He was also one of the founders of this magazine.
He worked as a teacher several times. When he was publishing Mavera Dergisi, he was also working in TRT as a translator.
He died in 1987. His grave is in Küplüce Cemetery in Beylerbeyi.