Nurullah Ataç
Nurullah Ataç (21 August 1898 – 17 May 1957) was a Turkish writer, poet and literary critic.
Nurullah Ataç
- Name
- Nurullah Ataç
- Birth Name
- Nurullah
- Born
- 21 August 1898
- Birthplace
- Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
- Died
- 17 May 1957
- Place of death
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Education
- Galatasaray High School
- Spouse
- Leman
- Nationality
- Ottoman Empire · Turkey
- Occupation
- writer · poet
- Languages
- Turkish · French · Ottoman Turkish
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Nurullah Ataç (21 August 1898 – 17 May 1957) was a Turkish writer, poet and literary critic.
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Nurullah Ataç (1898–1957) was an Ottoman and Turkish poet and writer. Born in Istanbul, the poet died in Ankara. Nurullah Ataç studied at Galatasaray High School and Istanbul University. Languages used include French, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish.
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• Name — Nurullah Ataç • Birth Name — Nurullah • Born — 21 August 1898 • Birthplace — Istanbul, Ottoman Empire • Died — 17 May 1957 • Place of death — Istanbul, Turkey • Education — Galatasaray High School • Genre — Literary critic • Spouse — Leman
Life
Life
He was born on 21 August 1898 in Istanbul, then the capital of the Ottoman Empire. He studied in the Galatasaray High School and the Faculty of Letters of Istanbul University. After his father's death in 1921, he began serving as a French teacher in various schools in Istanbul. After the proclamation of the Turkish Republic he also served in Ankara and Adana. In 1926 he married Leman Ataç. He was appointed as an official translator of the presidency. He also served as the chairman of the media branch of the Turkish Language Association. Ataç contributed to several publications, including Yedigün. and Adımlar. He died on 17 May 1957 in İstanbul.
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Nurullah Ataç is recorded as a citizen of Ottoman Empire. Recorded with the occupation writer.
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1898
Nurullah Ataç was born on 23 August 1898.
1957
Nurullah Ataç died on 17 May 1957.
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Ataç is known as a productive writer with an excellent memory. He translated more than 70 books to Turkish. He wrote essays and poems using modern Turkish words (see Modern Turkish). He was a champion of inverted sentences in his writings In his critics he was often relentless. His books are the following: • 1946 – Günlerin Getirdiği (Brought by the days) • 1952 – Sözden Söze (From word to word) • 1953 – Karalama Defteri (Sketchbook) • 1954 – Ararken (While searching) • 1954 – Diyelim (Lets say) • 1957 – Söz Arasında (During the talks) • 1958 – Okuruma Mektuplar (Letters to my reader) • 1960 – Günce (Diary) • 1961 – Prospero ile Caliban (Prospero and Caliban) • 1962 – Söyleşiler (Interviews) • 1972 – Günce 1–2 (Diaries 1–2) • 1980 – Dergilerde (In the periodicals)
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- 1.Camilla Trud Nereid. Domesticating Modernity: The Turkish Magazine "Yedigün", 1933—9. Journal of Contemporary History. 47. 3. 486–487, 497. July 2012. 10.1177/0022009412441651.
- 2.Servet Tiken. 1940'lı Yılların Türkiye'sinde Batı Edebiyatına Adımlar. Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies. 32. 1. 435–456. 2022. 10.26650/LITERA2021-980572.
- 3.Literature teachers’ page
- 4.Who’s who page in lang.
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Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the heading Nurullah Ataç. His recorded languages were Turkish, French, Ottoman Turkish and Arabic. His recorded confession was Islam. He was the child of Mehmed Atâ Bey.
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