Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel

Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel
Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel
Born	May 18, 1898 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died	November 8, 1973 Istanbul, Turkey
Occupation	Poet, author

Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel (May 18, 1898 – November 8, 1973) was a leading Turkish poet, author and later politician.

Biography

He was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, in 1898. He completed his primary and secondary education in Istanbul. Having studied medicine for a while, he quit his education and decided to work in the newspaper Ati. In 1973, he died of a heart attack on board a ship.^[1]

Bibliography

Poetry

• "Şarkın Sultanları" (1918)
• "Gönülden Gönüle" (1919)
• "Dinle Neyden" (1919)
• "Çoban Çeşmesi" (1926)
• "Suda Halkalar" (1928)
• "Bir Ömür Böyle Geçti" (1933)
• "Elimle Seçtiklerim" (1934)
• "Akarsu" (1936)
• "Tatlı Sert" (Mizahi Şiirler, 1938)
• "Akıncı Türküleri" (1938)
• "Heyecan ve Sükun" (1959)
• "Zindan Duvarları" (1967)
• "Han Duvarları" (1969)

Theatre plays

• "Canavar" (1925)
• "Akın" (1932)
• "Özyurt" (1932)
• "Kahraman" (1933)
• "Yayla Kartalı" (1945)
• "İlk Göz Ağrısı" (1946)

Performances

• "Bir Demette Beş Çiçek" (1933)
• "Yangın" (1933)

Novels

• "Yıldız Yağmuru" (1936)
• "Ayşe'nin Doktoru" (1949)

See also

• List of contemporary Turkish poets
• Öküz Mehmet Pasha Complex

References

1. http://www.nathanielturner.com/legislatorpoets4.htm

• Biyografi.info - Biography of Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel (Turkish)
• Aruz.com - Biography of Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel (Turkish)

External links

• Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel - On his life and poetry