Sedat Simavi Literature Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 2 (1978) Winner
Melih Cevdet Anday
メリフ・ジェヴデト・アンダイ
Melih Cevdet Anday
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1915-03-13 （Istanbul）
- Died
- 2002-11-28 （Istanbul） age 87
- Nationality
- Turkey
- Languages
- Turkish
- Residence History
- Istanbul (1915-1931) → Ankara (1931-1954) → Istanbul (1954-2002)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, author, playwright, novelist, essayist, journalist, librarian, diction teacher
- Active Years
- 1941-2002
- Affiliations
- Ministry of National Education (Turkey), Istanbul Municipal Conservatory, Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), UNESCO
- Influenced By
- Orhan Veli, Oktay Rifat, Surrealism
- Influenced
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gazi High School | — | General | — | ~1931 | Turkey |
| University in Belgium | — | Sociology | — | 1930年代-1940 | Belgium |
Gazi High School
General
Period:
~1931
Year of Graduation:
1931
Country:
Turkey
Ankara
University in Belgium
Sociology
Period:
1930年代-1940
Country:
Belgium
Studied on scholarship but returned in 1940 due to German invasion
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Most Successful Playwright of the 1967–1968 Drama Season | Mikado’nun Çöpleri | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | İlhan İskender Prize | Mikado’nun Çöpleri | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1972 | Ankara Art Lovers Foundation Best Playwright | Mikado’nun Çöpleri | — | Ankara Art Lovers Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1980 | Enka Art Prize | Ölümsüzler ya da Bir Cinayetin Söylencesi | — | Enka Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1978 | Sedat Simavi Foundation Literature Prize | Teknenin Ölümü | — | Sedat Simavi Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1981 | Türkiye İş Bankası Prize | Ölümsüzlük Ardında Gılgamış | — | Türkiye İş Bankası | 受賞 |
| 1991 | TÜYAP Honour Prize | — | — | TÜYAP | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Aydın Doğan Foundation Literature Award | — | — | Aydın Doğan Foundation | 受賞 |
Most Successful Playwright of the 1967–1968 Drama Season
1968
Work:
Mikado’nun Çöpleri
Result:
受賞
İlhan İskender Prize
Work:
Mikado’nun Çöpleri
Result:
受賞
Ankara Art Lovers Foundation Best Playwright
1972
Work:
Mikado’nun Çöpleri
Organization:
Ankara Art Lovers Foundation
Result:
受賞
Enka Art Prize
1980
Work:
Ölümsüzler ya da Bir Cinayetin Söylencesi
Organization:
Enka Foundation
Result:
受賞
Sedat Simavi Foundation Literature Prize
1978
Work:
Teknenin Ölümü
Organization:
Sedat Simavi Foundation
Result:
受賞
Türkiye İş Bankası Prize
1981
Work:
Ölümsüzlük Ardında Gılgamış
Organization:
Türkiye İş Bankası
Result:
受賞
TÜYAP Honour Prize
1991
Organization:
TÜYAP
Result:
受賞
Aydın Doğan Foundation Literature Award
2000
Organization:
Aydın Doğan Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Kolları Bağlı Odysseus
1963 Epic poemFour-sectioned long poem regarded as his masterwork, deploying original neo-surrealist rhetoric.
World without memoryNameless beingsMythology
Translations
- French: Ulysse Bras Attachés et autres poèmes
Bibliography
- Garip (1941, with Orhan Veli and Oktay Rifat)
- Rahatı Kaçan Ağaç (1946)
- Telgrafhane (1952)
- Kolları Bağlı Odysseus (1963)
- Göçebe Denizin Üstünde (1970)
Translations by Author
- Translated several books from diverse languages into Turkish
Translations of Works
- Russian, German, Hungarian, Romanian, French, English (e.g., Silent Stones: Selected Poems)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Garip movement: simple, colloquial, matter-of-factLater: cerebral neo-surrealism
- Recurring Motifs
- Mythical imageryNature and existenceMemory and time
Legacy
Leading figure in modern Turkish poetry, leader of Garip movement. Numerous awards, widely translated. Parks and statues dedicated.
In Popular Culture
- Statue in Melih Cevdet Anday Park, Ören
- Monument in Şairler Sofası Park
Quotes
-
A slow world, in progress, with no memory Visible only to the eye before there was an eye Where nameless beings were advancing among other beings
Source: Kolları Bağlı Odysseus (1963)
Trivia
- Co-authored Garip manifesto in 1941
- Honored by UNESCO in 1971 among outstanding European authors