Portrait of Nazim Hikmet

Nazım Hikmet Ran (November 20, 1902 – June 3, 1963) was a Turkish poet and dramatist, who is widely regarded as the best-known Turkish poet in the West and his works have been translated into several languages. Image File history File links Portrait of Nazim Hikmet File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Portrait of Nazim Hikmet File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bust of Homer, one of the earliest European poets, in the British Museum Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-04-20, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ...

He was born in Salonica in the Ottoman Empire (now Thessaloniki, Greece). Although he was actually born two months earlier, his birth was registered on January 15, 1902, and this was recognized as his date of birth. The White Tower The Arch of Galerius Map showing the Thessaloníki prefecture Thessaloníki (Θεσσαλονίκη) is the second-largest city of Greece and is the principal city and the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia. ... The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Imperial motto El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious (as written in tugra) Official language Ottoman Turkish National Anthem The March for Sultan Abdul-Mejid Capital Ä°stanbul (Constantinople/Asitane/Konstantiniyye ) Sovereigns Sultans of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40 million Area 6. ... Thessaloníki (Θεσσαλονίκη; pronounced IPA /θɛ.sa. ... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Despite writing his first poems in syllabic meter, Nazim Hikmet distantiated from the "syllabic poets" in concept. With the development of his poetic conception, the narrow forms of the syllabic meter began not to satisfy his needs and he set out to seek new forms for his poems. During the first years (1922-1925) of living in the Soviet Union, this search for form reached the peak.

Breaking the boundaries of the syllabic meter, he changed his form and preferred writing in free verse which harmonised with the rich vocal properties of the Turkish language. He was affected by Mayakovski and the young Soviet poets who advocated Futurism. Free verse (or vers libre) is a style of poetry that is based on cadences that are more irregular than those of traditional poetic meter. ... Turkish (Türkçe or Türk dili) is a Turkic language, spoken natively by over 100 million speakers in Turkey, Cyprus, and worldwide. ... Portrait of Vladimir Mayakovsky Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (Влади́мир Влади́мирович Маяко́вский) (July 7 (O.S.) = July 19 (N.S.), 1893 - April 14, 1930) was among the foremost representatives for the poetic futurism of early 20th century Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union. ... Futurism has several meanings. ...

Some of his best known works are:

• Seyh Bedrettin Destani
• Memleketimden Insan Manzaralari
• Kafatasi
• Unutulan Adam
• Taranta Babu'ya Mektuplar
• Ferhad ile Sirin
• Kurtulus Savasi Destani

He died of a heart attack in Moscow. A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ... Saint Basils Cathedral Moscow (Russian/Cyrillic: Москва́, pronunciation: Moskvá) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva, and encompassing 1097. ...