Tevfik Fikret
Tevfik Fikret (born December 24, 1867 in Istanbul , † August 19, 1915 there ) was a Turkish poet .
Act
He was a collaborator and main author of the magazine " Servet-i Fünûn " (" Treasure of Knowledge "), which worked towards a renewal of Turkish literature . With his inclusion of French and especially impressionistic elements in his poetry, he is considered a modernizer of Turkish poetry.
Fikret taught at Robert College in the 1890s and also lived on campus. His close friendship with Dr. Friedrich Schrader , who also worked at Robert College and lived on campus with his family, and who paid tribute to him in detail in an article in "Literary Echo" in 1900.
Works
- Rubab-ı Şikeste (The Broken Lute, 1900)
- Tarih-i Kadim (The Tale of the Ancients, 1905)
- Haluk'un Defteri (Haluk's diary, 1911)
- Rubabın Cevabı (1911)
- Şermin (1914)
- Son Şiirler (1952)
literature
- Friedrich Schrader , 1900, Neutürkisches Literatur: Das Literarisches Echo , Volume 3, pp. 1686–1690 (mainly deals with Fikret, contains the German translation of two poems by Fikret, “Prayer call in the morning dawn” and “Regen”)
- Friedrich Schrader , Robert College, North and South , November 1919, pp. 165–169 (role of Fikrets at Robert College)
- Otto Spies : The modern Turkish literature in: Handbuch der Orientalistik: Turkologie , Brill, 1982, ISBN 9004065555 , S351 f.
Web links
Commons : Tevfik Fikret - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Sızıntı magazine No. 141, October 1990 ( Memento from March 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Turkish)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Tevfik Fikret |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish poet |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1867 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Istanbul |
DATE OF DEATH | August 19, 1915 |
Place of death | Istanbul |