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Sait Faik Abasıyanık

Sait Faik Abasıyanık was a Turkish and Ottoman poet, novelist and writer (1906–1954). He was born in Adapazarı and died in Istanbul.

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Grave of the Turkish writer and poet Sait Faik Abasıyanık and his mother Makbule Abasıyanık.

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Biography

Sait Faik Abasıyanık was recorded at birth as Mehmet Sait Abasıyanık. His recorded languages were French and Turkish.

He was the child of Mehmet Faik Abasıyanık and Makbule Abasıyanık. Other recorded relations include Ahmet Faik Abasıyanık.

Sait Faik Abasıyanık is recorded as poet, novelist and writer.

Sait Faik Abasıyanık is recorded as having studied at Istanbul University Faculty of Letters, Istanbul High School and Grenoble Alpes University.

One of the houses that Turkish writer Sait Faik Abasıyanık was lived in 1940s.

One of the houses that Turkish writer Sait Faik Abasıyanık was lived in 1940s.

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Sait Faik Forest in Burgazada, Istanbul

Sait Faik Forest in Burgazada, Istanbul

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Works

Now, It is Time for Love. There's a Snake at Alem Mountain.

  • Just a Bit of Sugar

  • Cloud in the Sky

  • Looking for the Missing

  • The Café House

  • The Company

  • The Poolside

  • The Serpent

  • The Last Birds

  • The Fountain

  • The Useless Man

  • The Tea Urn

  • A Group of People

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  • Just a Bit of Sugar

  • Cloud in the Sky

  • Looking for the Missing

  • The Café House

  • The Company

  • The Poolside

  • The Serpent

  • The Last Birds

  • The Fountain

  • The Useless Man

  • The Tea Urn

  • A Group of People

  • Valley of Violets

  • Bir takim insanlar

  • Yaşamak Hırsı

  • Büyüyen Eller

  • Hikâyecinin Kaderi

  • Karganı Bağışla

  • Açık Hava Oteli

  • Balıkçının Ölümü

  • Müthiş Bir Tren

  • Sevgiliye Mektup

  • A Useless Man

  • Un hombre inútil

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Dated record

Life and career

The full dated record · 2 entries

  1. 1906

    Sait Faik Abasıyanık was born in 1906 at Adapazarı.

  2. 1954

    Sait Faik Abasıyanık died in 1954 at Istanbul.

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Places

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  • Istanbul
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  • Adapazarı

    Birth place

Primary material

Documents and archives

Literature

Bibliography

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Sait Faik Abasıyanık studied at Istanbul University Faculty of Letters, Istanbul High School, Grenoble Alpes University and boy's high school Anadolu.

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