Özdemir Asaf
Statue of Asaf by Namık Denizhan in the Şairler Sofası Park
Statue of Asaf by Namık Denizhan in the Şairler Sofası Park
BornHalit Özdemir Arun
(1923-06-11)June 11, 1923
Ankara, Turkey
DiedJanuary 28, 1981(1981-01-28) (aged 57)
Istanbul
OccupationWriter, poet
LanguageTurkish
NationalityTurkey
EducationGalatasaray High School
Kabataş High School
Istanbul University
Spouses
Children
  • Seda Arun
  • Gün Arun
  • Olgun Arun
  • Etkin Arun
RelativesMehmet Asaf (father)

Özdemir Asaf (11 June 1923, Ankara – 28 January 1981, Istanbul) was one of the prominent Turkish poets during the early Republican period.[1]

Biography

Life

He was born on 11 June 1923 in Ankara. His real name is Halit Özdemir Arun. His father, Mehmet Asaf, is one of the founders of the Council of State.[2] In 1930, the year his father died, he entered the first part of Galatasaray High School.[3] In 1941, in the 11th grade, he went to Kabataş High School for Boys with an additional exam and graduated in 1942. He attended the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Economics (until the 3rd grade), and the Faculty of Journalism for one year. Meanwhile, he worked for Tanin and Zaman newspapers and made translations.[4]

Career

His first article published in Servet-i Fünun (Uyanış) magazine. He is founder of Sanat Basımevi (1951) and published his books under the name of Yuvarlak Masa Yayınları. He became one of the founders of the Temel Hakları Yaşatma Derneği (Fundamental Rights Survival Association), which was founded in 1962 under the leadership of Mehmet Ali Aybar.[5]

Together with Attila İlhan, he was the most loved poet of the literary matinees, which was the favorite activity of the 1950s.[5] Özdemir Asaf, who visited the coastal cities of the Atlantic and the east of America in 1954, traveled almost all of Europe, starting from Lapland in 1959. In 1966, at the invitation of the Macedonian Writer's Union, he went to Yugoslavia and participated in the poetry congress.[2]

Bibliography

A poem of Özdemir Asaf – Lavinia (1957)[7]

References

  1. ↑ Sözlüğü, Türk Edebiyatı İsimler. "Özdemir Asaf". teis.yesevi.edu.tr. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 Sözlüğü, Türk Edebiyatı İsimler. "Özdemir Asaf". teis.yesevi.edu.tr. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Özdemir Asaf Şiirleri – Şair Özdemir Asaf". Antoloji.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Özdemir Asaf Yazarı ve Denemeciliği" (PDF).
  5. 1 2 Mehmet Ali Aybar (2014). Kıvanç Koçak (ed.). Türkiye İşçi Partisi Tarihi. İletişim Yayınları. pp. 84–87.
  6. ↑ "1744.Seçme Şiirler\Özdemir Asaf-Editions Bleu Autour". teda.ktb.gov.tr. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "PROFILE – Ozdemir Asaf: A gentle poet". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
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