Short-story writer and
novelist (b. 1862, İstanbul - d. 6 August 1893). After attending the
administrative (1880) and advanced department (1884) of the Military School and
Military Academy (1886), he became a staff captain. He worked as mathematics,
military engineering and topography teacher at military schools. As the Chief
of General Staff, he stayed in Syria for two years. After he returned to
İstanbul with tuberculosis he stayed in Haydarpaşa Military Hospital. Although
he received medical treatment he died in the hospital. His grave is in
Karacaahmet.
Nabizade Nazım, who began his
writing with poetry and whose first work was a poetry book, was among the
pioneers of realism in Turkish literature with his novel Zehra (Zehra) and his novella Karabibik (Karabibik) in which village life was narrated for the
first time. He was one of the first writers on the review Servet-i Fünun in which his first short story, Seyyie-i Tesamuh (Harm of
Tolerance), was published. After his death, Zehra (Zehra), which is regarded as
the first example of a realist novel in Turkish literature, was also serialized
in this review (1895).
WORKS:
POETRY: Heves Ettim (I Desired, 1885), Mini Mini Yahut Yine Heves Ettim (Diminutive or Again I Desired, 1886).
SHORT
STORY: Yadigarlarım (My Souvenirs,
novella, 1886), Zavallı Kız (Poor Girl, 1889), Bir Hatıra (A Memoir, 1890), Karabibik
(Karabibik, 1891, 1944), Sevda (Love,
1891), Hala Güzel (Still Beautiful,
1891), Haspa (Minx, 1891), Seyyie-i Tesamüh (Harm of Tolerance,
1891, with his other stories by Aziz Behiç Serengil, 1961).
NOVEL: Zehra (Zehra, 1896).
