- Necati Cumalı
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Necati Cumalı 150px Born 1921
Florina, GreeceDied 10 January 2001
Istanbul, TurkeyNecati Cumalı (1921 - 10 January 2001) was a Turkish writer of novels, short-stories, essays and poetry. He was born in Florina, Greece, and his family had settled in Urla near İzmir in the framework of the 1923 agreement for the population exchange between Greece and Turkey.
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Biography
He grew up in Urla and did his studies in İzmir and in the Law School of the University of Ankara. He started writing poetry while still a student and his poems were published as of early 1940s in such prominent Turkish literary periodicals as Varlık and Servet-i Fünun. Toward the end of that decade, while he was doing his military service, he also started writing short stories in which the profound influence of another important Turkish writer, Sabahattin Ali, could be felt. This, and the themes of social consciousness obvious in his works could be the reason for which he was sometimes cited in the same title as other "writers of the left", although he never actively engaged in political issues.
His vivid portrayal of women in his works was particularly noted.[1]
Author of about 15 books of poetry, and that many books of short-stories and novels, as well as plays, Necati Cumalı died on 10 January 2001 in Istanbul.
His valuable collection of books was donated to Koç University after his death.[2]
Works
One of his best known works is the short-novel, "Dry Summer" (Susuz Yaz), adapted by the film director Metin Erksan to cinema in 1964, starring Hülya Koçyiğit and Erol Taş, and which won the Golden Bear award in Berlin Film Festival that year.
Another famous novel by Necati Cumalı is "Devastated Hills: Macedonia 1900" (Viran Dağlar: Makedonya 1900), where he relates the history of his own family which descended from a long line of Turkish Beys (Cuma Beyleri, "the Beys of Djuma"), with the turmoil in the Balkans providing the background. This novel has been adapted (not very faithfully) for the television by Michel Favart in 2001 as a multinational ARTE production under the title "Le dernier Seigneur des Balkans".[3]
His poetry was translated into French by Tahsin Saraç. German Translations:Ö Der Mann aus Akhisar, Kitab-Verlag Klagenfurt, 2007 Des Balkans letzter Bey (Viran Daglar), Kitab-Verlag Klagenfurt, 2009
References
- ^ Some Aspects of the Portrayal of Women in Modern Turkish Literature. 6/2. British Society for Middle Eastern Studies. 1979. JSTOR 194319.
- ^ "Necati Cumalı collection at Suna Kıraç Library". Koç University. 2008-05. http://www.ku.edu.tr/ku/images/SKL/newsletter_may.08.pdf.
- ^ "Le dernier Seigneur des Balkans" (in French). ARTE. 2005. http://www.arte-tv.com/fr/cinema-fiction/Seigneur-des-Balkans/1025186.html.
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