Oktay Rifat

Oktay Rifat was a Turkish and Ottoman poet, writer and lawyer (1914–1988). He was born at Trabzon and died at Istanbul.

Also recorded as Oktay Rifat Horozcu; Ali Oktay Rifat; Oktay Rıfat Horozcu.

Overview

Born at Trabzon in 1914, died at Istanbul in 1988.

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Oktay Rifat Horozcu, Ali Oktay Rifat and Oktay Rıfat Horozcu. His recorded language was Turkish.

He was the child of Sâmih Rifat. Other recorded relations include Celile Hanım, Nâzım Hikmet, Hasan Enver Paşa and Ali Rıfat Çağatay.

Recognition and collections

Oktay Rifat received Madarali Novel Prize, Sedat Simavi Literature Award and Necatigil Poetry Award.

Catalogued works

19 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1966 to 2007.

From A Woman's Window. Oktay Rifat kitabı. Marā zībā bih khāṭir bisipār. Oktay Rifat için. Bütün şiirleri. Bay Lear, dated 1982. Bir Cıgara içimi, dated 1979. Bir kadının penceresinden, dated 1976. Danaburnu, dated 1980. Denize doğru konuşma, dated 1982. Dilsiz ve çıplak, dated 1984. Elifli, dated 1980. Şiir konuşması, dated 1992. Çobanıl şiirler, dated 1976. Oktay Rifat, dated 1994. Poems of Oktay Rifat, dated 2007. Voices of memory, dated 1993. Kadınlar arasında, dated 1966. Yeni şiirler, dated 1973.

Literature

7 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Oktay Rifat Şiirinde Pastoral ve Toplumsal Görünümler: Çobanıl Şiirler, Bir Ciga, Journal of Turkish Studies, 2018. Bir Kadının Penceresinden [Through a Woman’s Window] by Oktay Rifat: A Novel about Female Participation in Turkey’s Political Life in the 1970s, Studia Litteraria Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2025. Rifat Özbek, Autumn/Winter 1993, Rifat Özbek, Autumn/Winter 1993, 2019. Rifat Özbek, Autumn/Winter 1992, Rifat Özbek, Autumn/Winter 1992, 2019. Rifat Özbek, Autumn/Winter 1988, Rifat Özbek, Autumn/Winter 1988, 2019. Kıbrıs Türk Şiirinde Garip Akımının İzleri Üzerine Tespit ve Değerlendirmeler, Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 2024. OKTAY RİFAT’IN TECELLİ BAŞLIKLI ŞİİRİ VE ÇEVİRİLERİ ÜZERİNDEN ÇEVİRİYİ GÖSTERGEBİLİMLE BULUŞTURMAK / MATCHING TRANSLATION WITH SEMIOTICS THROUGH OKTAY RİFAT'S TECELLİ AND ITS TRANSLATIONS, Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 2016.

Digitised editions and texts

2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Bay Lear : roman (2008) — Internet Archive. Danaburnu (2014) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 19 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Oktay Rifat studied at Ankara University Law School and Ankara Atatürk Lisesi. the recorded working language is Turkish.

The authority associates the name with Garip.

Membership is recorded of Garip.

Works named in the authority record are From A Woman's Window.

Distinctions recorded are Madarali Novel Prize, Sedat Simavi Literature Award and Necatigil Poetry Award.

Chronology

  1. 1914Oktay Rifat born at Trabzon.
  2. 1982Bay Lear.
  3. 1988Oktay Rifat died at Istanbul.
  4. 2008Bay Lear : roman digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 2014Danaburnu digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Oktay Rifat”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1388882: Oktay Rifat

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