Saffetî Ziya

Novelist, Story Writer, Writer

Death
25 July, 1929
Education
Galatasaray High School

Story and novel writer (b. 1875, İstanbul – d. 25 July 1929). After private tutoring, he graduated from Galatasaray High School. He served as a clerk at the Office of Foreign Affairs and the Foreign Correspondence Office. Later on, he worked as a member of the State Council and was Chief of Protocol at the Office of Foreign Affairs. Before he could begin his duty as the Ambassador to Prague, he died from a heart attack at a ball in İstanbul. His stories were published in the review Servet-i Fünûn from 1896 and the daily newspaper Ziya that he also published for a while. He was known for his plays, novels and stories that featured the social life and entertainment in Beyoğlu, İstanbul.

WORKS:

NOVEL: Salon Köşelerinde (At the Corners of the Living Room, 1912).

SHORT STORY: Bir Tesadüf (A Coincidence, 1900), Bir Safha-i Kalb (A Phase of the Heart, 1912), Hanım Mektupları (Lady Letters, 1913), Kadın Ruhu (A Woman’s Spirit, 1914), Silinmiş Çehreler Beliren Simalar (Erased Faces, Features Appearing, 1924).

PLAY: Haralambas Cankiyadis (Haralambas Cankiyadis 1912).

 

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