Nâzım Hikmet
15 January 1902 – 3 June 1963
Nâzım Hikmet was a Turkish poet, playwright and novelist who introduced free verse and colloquial speech into Turkish poetry. A communist, he spent much of his adult life in prison in Turkey and, after his release in 1950, in exile in the Soviet Union and eastern Europe, where he died in 1963. His works, including the epic Human Landscapes from My Country, have been translated into dozens of languages.
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Life events
He was registered as born on 15 January 1902 in the city now called Thessaloniki.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe entered the naval academy but was discharged on health grounds without completing a naval career.
In Moscow he encountered Soviet avant-garde poetry and joined the communist movement.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe book established his reputation for free verse written in everyday Turkish.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe was charged with inciting the armed forces to revolt on the basis of his poems.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe World Peace Council prize was given while he was still imprisoned in Turkey.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe was freed after an international campaign and a hunger strike, having served about thirteen years.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe escaped by boat across the Black Sea and spent the rest of his life in exile.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe married the Soviet screenwriter, his last wife, in Moscow.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe died of a heart attack and was buried in Novodevichy Cemetery.
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