Sabri Esat Siyavuşgil

Writer, Poet

Death
06 October, 1968
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Education
Istanbul University Faculty of Law

Poet and writer (b. 1907, İstanbul – d. 6 October 1968). He completed his secondary education at İstanbul Teacher Training School and the Private İstiklal High School (1926). While he was a senior class student at İstanbul Faculty of Law, he was sent to France. He studied philosophy and psychology at Dijon and Lyon Universities in Paris. When he returned to Turkey he became an associate professor at İstanbul University, Faculty of Law (1933) and became professor (1942). His worked at this faculty until his death. He is buried in Zincirlikuyu Graveyard.

His first poems were published in the reviews Güney and Hayat (1927). He became one of the poets of the “Seven Torches Movement” along with Kenan Hulusi, Cevdet Kudret, Muammer Lütfi, Vasfi Mahir Kocatürk, Ziya Osman Saba and Yaşar Nabi Nayır. After the closdown of the review Yedi Meşale (1928, 8 volumes), published by these poets, he published his poems in the reviews Muhit (1932-33) and Varlık (1935-36). Later on, he stopped writing poetry and made research on psychology, education and folklore and translated from French. He worked as a writer of articles in the newspapers Yeni Sabah (1948-64) and Yeni Haber. He also published articles on literature in the newspapers Tan, Kültür ve Edebiyat, Ulus (1936-44). In 1967, he participated in the preparation work of the Turkish edition of the encyclopedia Meydan Larousse.

WORKS:

POETRY: Odalar ve Sofalar (Rooms and Halls, 1933).

RESEARCH: İstanbul'da Karagöz ve Karagöz'de İstanbul (Karagöz in İstanbul and İstanbul in Karagöz, 1938), Psikoloji ve Terbiye Bahisleri (Talking About Psychology and Good Manners, 1940), Karagöz (Karagöz, 1941), Tanzimat'ın Fransız Efkâr-ı Umu–miyesinde Uyandırdığı Yankılar (The Echoes of Tanzimat in French Public Opinion, 1940), Folklor ve Millî Hayat (Folklore and National Life, 1943), Roman ve Okuyucu (Novel and Reader, 1944), Un Point Sur La Carte (A Point On The Chart, the 41 stories by Sait Faik Abasıyanık, translated into French, 1962).

 

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