Nurullah Ataç
Nurullah Ataç | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nurullah 21 August 1898 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | May 17, 1957 (aged 58) Istanbul, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Education | Law |
| Alma mater | Galatasaray High School |
| Genre | Literary critic |
| Spouse | Leman |
Nurullah Ataç (21 August 1898 – 17 May 1957) was a Turkish writer, poet and literary critic.
Life
[edit]He was born on 21 August 1898 in Istanbul, then the capital of the Ottoman Empire. He studied in the Galatasaray High School and the Faculty of Letters of Istanbul University. After his father's death in 1921, he began serving as a French teacher in various schools in Istanbul. After the proclamation of the Turkish Republic he also served in Ankara and Adana. In 1926 he married Leman Ataç. He was appointed as an official translator of the presidency. He also served as the chairman of the media branch of the Turkish Language Association. Ataç contributed to several publications, including Yedigün.[1] and Adımlar.[2] He died on 17 May 1957 in İstanbul.[3][4]
In literature
[edit]Ataç is known as a productive writer with an excellent memory. He translated more than 70 books to Turkish. He wrote essays and poems using modern Turkish words (see Modern Turkish). He was a champion of inverted sentences in his writings [3] In his critics he was often relentless. His books are the following:[4]
- 1946 – Günlerin Getirdiği (Brought by the days)
- 1952 – Sözden Söze (From word to word)
- 1953 – Karalama Defteri (Sketchbook)
- 1954 – Ararken (While searching)
- 1954 – Diyelim (Lets say)
- 1957 – Söz Arasında (During the talks)
- 1958 – Okuruma Mektuplar (Letters to my reader)
- 1960 – Günce (Diary)
- 1961 – Prospero ile Caliban (Prospero and Caliban)
- 1962 – Söyleşiler (Interviews)
- 1972 – Günce 1–2 (Diaries 1–2)
- 1980 – Dergilerde (In the periodicals)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Camilla Trud Nereid (July 2012). "Domesticating Modernity: The Turkish Magazine "Yedigün", 1933—9". Journal of Contemporary History. 47 (3): 486–487, 497. doi:10.1177/0022009412441651. JSTOR 23249003. S2CID 159700129.
- ^ Servet Tiken (2022). "1940'lı Yılların Türkiye'sinde Batı Edebiyatına Adımlar". Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies (in Turkish). 32 (1): 435–456. doi:10.26650/LITERA2021-980572.
- ^ a b Literature teachers’ page (in Turkish)
- ^ a b Who’s who page (in Turkish)
