Ali Nihat Tarlan

Edebiyat Tarihçisi

Ölüm
30 Eylül, 1978
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Eğitim
Istanbul University Department of French Language, Istanbul University Department of Persian Language

Historian of literature (b. 1898, İstanbul – d. 30 September 1978). His education started in Manistir and continued in Thessalonica and then in İstanbul. He left his studies for a while because of the war and then passed an entrance exam and completed his education at Vefa High School (1917). Then he graduated from the Departments of French and Persian Language (1919). He was the first student at İstanbul University, Faculty of Literature to receive his PhD with his thesis “İslâm Edebiyatında Leyla vü mecnun Mesnevisi” (Mesnevi* of Leyla and Mecnun in Islam Literature). He worked as a French, Turkish and Literature teacher at Beşiktaş Imperial College (1915), at some high schools in İstanbul and finally at Kabataş High School for Boys (1930-33). He became an associate professor of annotations at the Faculty of Literature, Department of Turkish Language and Literature during the 1933 university reforms. He became a professor in 1941. He became the Head of the Department of Turkish Literature.

He published his poems firstly in the magazine Servet-i Fünûn and then in Edebiyat Gazetesi (1932), Gündüz (1936-37) and Gençlik (1938). Besides his research on Divan* Literature, which was his specialty, with his translations from Iranian and Pakistani literature he became one of the rarely found researchers of Islam and Eastern literature during the Republican Period. He translated into modern Turkish the Divan* and some poems of the Iranian poet Genceli Nizâmî and important books by Muhammed İkbal who was as important in Pakistan as Mehmet Akif was in Turkey (1873-1938). With these works he was rewarded with written acknowledgements of good service and conferred decorations by the Iranian (1947) and Pakistani governments.

WORKS:

POETRY: Güneş Yaprak (Sun Flower, 1953), Kuğular (The Swans, 1970)

RESEARCH: Edebi Sanatlara Dair (On Literary Arts, 1931, 4. editions, 1964), Şeyhi Divanını Tedkik (Notes on the Divan* of Şeyhi, 2 volumes, 1934-36), Divan Edebiyatında Tevhidler (The Unity in Divan* Literature, 1936), Divan Edebiyatında Muamma (The Enigma in Divan* Literature, 1936), Metin Tamiri (Text Analysis, 1937), Metinler Şerhine Dair (On Annotations, 1937), İran Edebiyatı (Iranian Literature, 1944), Hayali Bey Divanı (The Divan* of Hayali Efendi, 1945), Şiir Mecmualarında Divan Şiiri (Divan* Poetry in Poetry Magazines, 4 volumes, 1948), Necati Bey Divanı (The Divan* of Necati Efendi, 1963), Ahmet Paşa Divanı (The Divan* of Ahmet Paşa, 1966), Zatî Divanı (The Divan* of Zatî; 2 volumes, 1968-70), Edebiyat Meseleleri (Literary Issues, his three previously published books and some of his essays, 1981), Fuzuli Divanı Şerhi (Annotation of the Divan* of Fuzuli, 3 volumes, 1986).

PUBLISHED CONFERENCE PAPERS: Şeyh Galip (Şeyh Galip), Çağdaş İran Şiiri (Contemporary Iranian Poetry), Mehmet Akif (Mehmet Akif), Sanat ve Edebiyat Muhasebesi (The Consideration of Art and Literature), Tanzimat Edebiyatında Hakiki Müceddid (The Genuine Reformer in Tanzimat Literature), Ali Şir Nevai (Ali Şir Nevai), Türk Edebiyatında Hamaset (Heroic Poems in Turkish Literature), Edebiyatta Eskilik ve Yenilik (The Old and New in Literature), Divan Edebiyatında Sanat Telakkisi (The Interpretation of Art in Divan* Literature), Abdülhak Hamid (Abdülhak Hamid), Mevlânâ Celaleddin Rûmî (Mevlânâ Celaleddin Rûmî).

He also translated works.

REFERENCE: Yusuf Ziya İnan / Prof. Dr. Ali Nihat Tarlan (1965), TDE Ansiklopedisi (c. 8, 1976-98), Atilla Özkırımlı / Türk Edebiyatı Ansiklopedisi (1982), 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), Mehmet Behçet Yazar / Edebiyatçılar Alemi - Edebiyatımızın Unutulan Simaları (yay. haz. Mustafa Everdi, 1999), Behçet Necatigil / Edebiyatımızda İsimler Sözlüğü (18. bas. 1999), İbnülemin Mahmud Kemal İnal / Son Asır Türk Şairleri (c. III, 2000), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001), Mehmet Nuri Yardım / Edebiyatımızın Güleryüzü (2002).

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