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Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca

ファズル・フスヌ・ダーラルジャ

Fazil Husnu Daglarca

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1914-08-26 （Istanbul, Ottoman Empire）
Died
2008-10-15 （Istanbul, Turkey） age 94
Nationality
Turkey
Languages
Turkish
Residence History
Istanbul (majority of life)

Career

Occupations
Poet
Active Years
1935-2008

Awards

Struga Poetry Evenings — Golden Wreath Award
Organization: Struga Poetry Evenings
Result: laureate

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Havaya Çizilen Dünya

1935 Poetry

An early poetry collection reflecting his purist use of Turkish and exploring themes of individual existence and the world.

linguistic purismexistence
Translations
  • Partially translated into English (Selected Poems, translated by Talat Sait Halman, 1969)

Çocuk ve Allah

1940 Poetry

Poems linking religious and philosophical themes with the perspective and purity of a child.

religioninnocence

Taşdevri

1945 Poetry / Epic

A long, epic-like work dealing with human prehistory and cosmic perspectives.

prehistorycosmoshumanity

Bibliography

  • Havaya Çizilen Dünya (1935)
  • Çocuk ve Allah (1940)
  • Taşdevri (1945)
  • İstiklâl Savaşı – Samsun'dan Ankara'ya (1951)
  • İstanbul – Fetih Destanı (1953)

Translations of Works

  • Selected Poems (translated by Talat Sait Halman, 1969) — selected translations

Style & Themes

Literary Style
purist use of Turkishepic and symbolic expressionconcise and powerful language
Recurring Motifs
cosmosprehistoryorigins of humanitywar and antimilitarismTurkish War of Independence

Legacy

Dağlarca is one of the foremost poets of the Republic of Turkey, prolific with more than 60 collections. His linguistic purism and grand themes had a strong influence on modern Turkish poetry; he was also internationally recognized, including as a laureate of the Struga Poetry Evenings Golden Wreath.

Trivia

  • By 2007 he had published more than 60 collections of poems.
  • Died in Istanbul in October 2008 and was buried at Karacaahmet Cemetery.