Mustafa Nihat Özön

Historiographer of literature (b. 1896, İstanbul - b. 2 January 1980). He graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Literature. He gave lectures on literature at Ankara Atatürk High School, Istanbul High School for Girls and the Ankara Gazi Institute of Education (1933-61).

He was famous for his research on literature and studies of dictionaries. He also published the reviews Dergâh (1921-23, 42 issues) and Kalem (1938-39, 13 issues), and was the editor-in-chief of the weekly review Oluş (1936-39).

WORKS:

RESEARCH-STUDY: Türkçede Roman (The Novel in Turkish, 1936; new edition by Alpay Kabacalı, 1985), Namık Kemal ve İbret Gazetesi (Namık Kemal and the Newspaper İbret, 1938), Son Asır Türk Edebiyatı Tarihi (History of Turkish Literature in the Last Century, 1941), Evliya Çelebi (Evliya Çelebi, 1978).

DICTIONARY-ENCYCLOPEDIA: Türkçe Tabirler Sözlüğü (A Dictionary of Turkish Idioms, 1. volume, A to D, 1943), Büyük Osmanlıca ve Türkçe Sözlük (Great Ottoman-Turkish Dictionary, 1952), Edebiyat ve Tenkid Sözlüğü (A Dictionary of Literature and Criticism, 1954), Türk Tiyatrosu Ansiklopedisi (Encyclopedia of Turkish Literature, in collaboration with Baha Dürder, 1967).

In addition, he translated works by Jack London. 

REFERENCEE: TDE Ansiklopedisi (c. 7, 1976-98), 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 Bilim Adamları (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 2, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013), Emin Özdemir / Mustafa Nihat Özön (monografi, 1983), Hasan Öztürk / İktidarın Sevdiği Gazeteci Olabilmek (Virgül, Şubat 1999), Behçet Necatigil / Edebiyatımızda İsimler Sözlüğü (18. bas. 1999), TBE Ansiklopedisi (c. 2, 2001).