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Nâzım Hikmet

Nâzım Hikmet

January 15, 1902 –June 3, 1963

Playwright, Poet, Writer, Screenwriter, Prose writer, Film screenwriter

Lived 61 years

Born in
Thessaloniki
Passed away in
Moscow

Mehmed Nâzım Ran (17 January 1902 – 3 June 1963), commonly known as Nâzım Hikmet (Turkish: [naːˈzɯm hicˈmet] ), was a Turkish poet, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director, and memoirist. He was acclaimed for the "lyrical flow of his statements". Described as a "romantic communist" and a "romantic revolutionary", he was repeatedly arrested for his political beliefs and spent much of his adult life in prison or in exile. His poetry has been translated into more than 50 languages.

Education: Galatasaray High School, Turkish Naval High School, Communist University of the Toilers of the East, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A2z%C4%B1m_Hikmet