Melih Cevdet Anday | |
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 Melih Cevdet Anday | |
| Born | 13 March 1915 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Died | 28 November 2002 (aged 87) Istanbul, Turkey |
| Turkish literature |
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| By category |
| Epic tradition |
| Folk tradition |
| Ottoman era |
| Republican era |
Melih Cevdet Anday (13 March 1915 – 28 November 2002) was a Turkish writer whose poetry stands outside the traditional literary movements. He also wrote in many other genres which, over six and a half decades, included eleven collections of poems, eight plays, eight novels, fifteen collections of essays, several of which won major literary awards. He also translated several books from diverse languages into Turkish.[1]
- ^ Details under the author’s name at the Turkish Cultural Foundation