Poet and writer (b. 18 May 1898,
İstanbul – d. 8 November 1973, İstanbul). He used the pen names İsmail Vecih, Kalender
and Tatlı Sert. He attended the Bakırköy Elementary School and Hadıka-ı
Meşveret High School. Before completing his university education at the School
of Medicine, he began to work as a teacher in Kayseri (1922). For many years,
he worked as a teacher of literature in Ankara and İstanbul. After 1946, he
embarked on politics and after being elected as a deputy for the Democrat Party,
he served in the parliament. He was tried on Yassıada together with other
politicians from Democrat Party after the military coup on 27 May 1960. He was
imprisoned for about 15 months. After being acquitted, he left politics and
focused on poetry. He died of an heart attack during a voyage on the
Mediterranean Sea in 1973. His grave is in Zincirlikuyu Graveyard.
He began to write poems during World
War I, by writing poems in aruz meter. With his great success in writing poems
with syllabic meter, he was accepted as one of the five poets of poetry in
syllabic meter. However, in his last years, he began to write his poems in aruz
meter again. His most famous poem is Han Duvarları (Walls of the Inn),
where he explains his impressions in Kayseri via the route of Ulukışla. Faruk
Nafiz, who published a review with the title Anayurt (1933), published
his satiric poems in humor reviews such as Akbaba and Karikatür,
with the pen names Çamdeviren and Deli Ozan.
WORKS:
POETRY: Şarkın
Sultanları (Sultans of the East, in aruz meter, 1919), Gönülden Gönüle
(From Heart to Heart, in aruz meter, 1919), Çoban Çeşmesi (The Shepherd
Fountain, 1919, the poem Han Duvarları - Walls of the Inn is in this
work), Dinle Neyden (Listen from the Nay, 1919), Suda Halkalar
(The Hoops on the Water, in aruz meter, 1928), Bir Ömür Böyle Geçti (A
Life Passed Like This, selected poems, 1933), Elimle Seçtiklerim (Selected
by My Hand, selected poems, 1934), Akarsu (The River, 1937), Akıncı
Türküleri (Songs of the Raiders, 1938), Heyecan ve Sükûn (Excitement
and Calmness, selected poems, 1959), Zindan Duvarları (Walls of the
Dungeon, in aruz meter, 1967), Han Duvarları (Walls of the Inn, selected
poems, 1969), Gurbet ve Saire (Living Far Away from Homeland and Et
Cetera, a selection of poems published with Han Duvarları – The Walls of
Inn and Bir Ömür Böyle Geçti – A Life Passed Like This, 2003).
PLAY: Canavar
(The Monster, play in prose, 1925), Akın (The Raid, play in prose,
1932), Özyurt (Homeland, 1932), Kahraman (The Hero, 1933), Ateş
(Fire, 1939), Dev Aynası (The Mirror of Titan, 1945), Yayla Kartalı
(Eagle of High Plateau, 1945).
NOVEL: Yıldız
Yağmuru (Rain of Stars, 1945).
Besides, he wrote plays for schools. The new editions of his plays have been published after 1965.
REFERENCE: Yusuf Ziya Ortaç / Faruk Nafiz: Hayatı ve Eserleri (1937), Nihat Sami Banarlı / Faruk Nafiz ve Seçilmiş Şiirleri (1949), Mehmet Kaplan / Şiir Tahlilleri II (s. 6-18, 1954), Halit Fahri Ozansoy / Edebiyatçılar Çevremde (1970), Mehmet Kaplan / Cumhuriyet Devri Türk Şiiri (s. 3-20, 1973), İhsan Işık / Yazarlar Sözlüğü (1990, 1998) - Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007) - Ünlü Edebiyatçılar (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 4, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013), Şerif Aktaş / Yenileşme Dönemi Türk Şiiri Antolojisi II (1998), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), Mehmet Nuri Yardım / Edebiyatımızın Güleryüzü (2002), Halil Soyuer / Şair Dostlarım (2004), Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel (Günümüz Türkçesine çeviri: Vahap Kabahasanoğlu, 2004), Yazar: Yakup Öztürk / Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel-Memleket Mektep Meclis Arasında Bir Hayat (2017), Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel kitapları (kitap.ykykultur.com.tr, idefix.com, dr.com.tr, 16.06.2019).
