Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel

Infobox Writer
name = Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel


imagesize = 140
caption = Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel
birthdate = Birth date|1898|5|18
birthplace = Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
deathdate = Death date|1973|11|8
deathplace = 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".

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)

ee also

* List of contemporary Turkish poets

References

* Biyografi.info - [http://www.biyografi.info/kisi/faruk-nafiz-camlibel "Biography of Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel"] tr icon
* Aruz.com - [http://www.aruz.com/fnafiz/fnafiz_asayfa.htm "Biography of Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel"] tr icon

External links

* [http://siirgen.org/siir/f/faruk_nafiz_camlibel/index.html Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel - "On his life and poetry"]