Cahit Zarifoğlu

Cahit Zarifoğlu
BornAbdurrahman Cahit Zarifoğlu
(1940-07-01)1 July 1940
Ankara, Turkey
Died7 June 1987(1987-06-07) (aged 46)
Istanbul, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
GenrePoem, novel
Notable worksPoems, Yaşamak
Signature
Website
www.zarifce.com

Abdurrahman Cahit Zarifoğlu (1 July 1940 – 7 June 1987)[1][2] was a Turkish poet and writer.

Life

Zarifoğlu was born in Ankara in 1940 and he grew up in Kahramanmaraş. He started writing poetry during his high school years at Kahramanmaraş High School. After high school, he went to Istanbul and studied German language and literature at Istanbul University. He published his poems in Diriliş magazine. He was a contributor to the magazines Yeni Dergi, Soyut, and Papirüs between 1961 and 1971.[3] In 1976, he published some of his poems, stories, diaries and conversations in Mavera. He was also one of the founders of this magazine.

He worked as a teacher several times. When he was publishing the Mavera magazine, he was also working in TRT as a translator. He died in 1987. His grave is in Küplüce Cemetery in Beylerbeyi.[4]

Bibliography

Poetry

Diaries

Stories and Novels

Theatre

Essays

Other

References

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  1. ^ "Haber 7»KÜLTÜR Zarifoğlu 25'inci ölüm yıl dönümünde anılacak". haber7. 5 June 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  2. ^ Yürekli, Mustafa (7 June 2009). "Cahit Zarifoğlu üçüncü askeri müdahalede öldü." haber7. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  3. ^ Barış Büyükokutan (2017). "In pursuit of non-Western deep secularities: selfhood and the "Westphalia moment" in Turkish literary milieux". New Perspectives on Turkey. 56: 24. doi:10.1017/npt.2017.3.
  4. ^ "He introduces himself". Archived from the original on 11 December 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2011.