Umran Nazif Yiğiter

Short story writer (b. 1915, İstanbul – d. 28 December 1964). He graduated from Pertevniyal High School and İstanbul University, Faculty of Law (1933). He worked as an public prosecutor and judge in Cihanbeyli and Zonguldak. He was elected deputy when he was an attorney in Konya (1943). He worked as an attorney and notary public in İstanbul (1954- 64) after his office as a deputy until 1954. He was buried in Feriköy Cemetery. His short stories were published in the reviews Varlık since 1934.

WORKS:

SHORT STORY: Kara Kasketli Amele (The Worker with a Black Cap, 1933), İçimizden Birkaçı (Some of Us, 1941), Yaşamak İçin (For Living, 1948), Gar Saati (Clock of the Railway Station, 1951), Tepedeki Ev (The House on the Hill, 1954), Aşk Üçgeni (The Love Triangle, 1962).

NOVEL: Tango'nun Ölümü (Death of the Tango, was serialized in the newspaper Ocak that was published in Zonguldak., 1942).

RESEARCH: Kömür Havzasında Amele Hukuku (Worker Law in Coal Region, 1944).

REFERENCE: Munis Faik Ozansoy / Gar Saati (Hisar, Nisan 1952), Söyleşi (Hisar, sayı: 23, 1952), Tahir Alangu / Umran Nazif Yiğiter Üzerine (Yeni Dergi, sayı: 7, Nisan 1965) - Cumhuriyetten Sonra Hikâye ve Roman-2 (1965, s. 4-9), Ömer Faruk Toprak / Sosyalist Kültür Ansiklopedisi içinde (1980), Atilla Özkırımlı (Türk Edebiyatı Ansiklopedisi, c. 4, 1982, s. 1232), Ömer Lekesiz / Yeni Türk Edebiyatında Öykü - 1 (1997), Behçet Necatigil / Edebiyatımızda İsimler Sözlüğü (18. bas. 1999), Şükran Kurdakul / Şairler ve Yazarlar Sözlüğü (1999), Feridun Andaç / Edebiyatımızın Yol Haritası (2000), “Yiğitler, Umran Nazif” (TDE Ansiklopedisi, c. 8, s. 600), TBE Ansiklopedisi (2001, s. 915-916), Mustafa Özcan / Umran Nazif Yiğiter’in Yeni Meram’daki Hikâyeleri (Çalı dergisi, sayı: 65), Gökhan Akınbingöl / Umran Nazif Yiğiter’in Öykücülüğü (Çukurova Üniversitesi yüksek lisans tezi, 2002),  İhsan Işık / Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2. bas., 2009), TBMM Albümü 2. Cilt 1950-1980 (2010).