Sufi poet (b.
1339?-1344?, Nesim, Baghdad – d. 1418?, Şirvan). His real name was İmamüddin. There is little
information about his life. Nesimi is said to have taken his name from Nesim,
the town in which he was born. It is also thought that may have been born in
Tebriz, Şirazl or Diyarbakır. It is
generally agreed that he was connected to the Hurufi sect and was killed
in Aleppo because of his poems and ideas against Islamic doctrine.
Nesimî, who also
wrote Arabic and Persian poems, is known in Turkish literature for his poems
supporting monotheism written in Azeri Turkish. From historical documents it is
known that he was one of the first poets who became well known for his Turkish
poems in Anatolia. His Farsça Divan (Persian
Divan*) was published several times, and his Türkçe Divan (Turkish
Divan*) was published four times between the years 1841 and 1881.
Selections from his poems featured in Seyyid
Nesimî Divanı' ndan Seçmeler (Selections From the Divan* of Seyyid Nesimi,
by Kemal Edip Kürkçüoğlu, 1973) His poems were also published in 3 volumes by
the Azerbaijan Science Academy (Baku, 1973).
REFERENCE: Hüseyin Ayan / Nesimî Divanı, Cahit Öztelli / Kul Nesimî (1969), Bursalı Mehmed Tahir / Osmanlı Müellifleri I (1972), Cihangir Kahramanof / Nesimî Divanı'nın Leksikası (Respublioa Elyazmaları (Fonı ELM Neşriyatı, Baku 1970), İbrahim Olgun, Nesimi Üzerine Notlar (Türk Dili Araştırmaları Yıllığı, 1997, s. 195 - 207), Ahmet Kabaklı / Türk Edebiyatı (c. 2, 1978), Seyit Kemal Karaalioğlu / Türk Edebiyatçılar Sözlüğü (1982), Kemal Edip Kürkçüoğlu / Seyyid Nesimî Divanı’ndan Seçmeler (1985), Nihad Sami Banarlı / Resimli Türk Edebiyatı Tarihi I (1987), İhsan Işık / Yazarlar Sözlüğü (1990, 1998) - Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) - Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006) - Diyarbakır Ansiklopedisi (2013) - Ünlü Edebiyatçılar (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 4, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013) - Geçmişten Günümüze Diyarbakırlı İlim Adamları Yazarlar ve Sanatçılar (2014).
