Vasfi Mahir Kocatürk

Edebiyat Araştırmacısı, Siyasetçi, Şair

Ölüm
17 Temmuz, 1961
Eğitim
School of Politics

Researcher of literature (b. 1907, Gümüşhane - d. 17 July 1961, Ankara).  He was a graduate of the School for Orphans (1927) and the School of Politics (1930). He worked as a literature teacher in high schools in Ankara, İstanbul, Kastamonu, Malatya and Eskişehir and worked as a ministry inspector. After being a parliamentary deputy for Gümüşhane at the Grand National Assembly, he worked as a teacher at the Ankara Gazi Education Institute. He died while working in this post.

Vasfi Mahir, who began his literary career as one of the “Seven Torches Movement” poets, concentrated on playwriting and literature research in the following years. He produced works in the fields of poetry, playwriting, research and anthology. In 1945 he published a monthly literature journal called Divan.  His book Türk Edebiyat Tarihi (The History of Turkish Literature) that was published after his death is an important work for the synthesis and critique of Turkish literature history from past to present.

WORKS:

POETRY: Dağların Derdi (The Problem of the Mountains, 1928), Tunç Sesleri (The Sounds of Bronze, 1935), Geçmiş Geceler (Past Nights, 1936), Bizim Türküler (Our Folk Songs, 1937), Ergenekon (The Ergenekon Epic, 1941), Hayat Şarkıları (Life Songs, 1965).

PLAY: On İnkılap (Ten Revolutions, 1933), Yaman (Amazingly Well, written, in verse, 1933), Sanatkâr (The Artist, written in verse, 1965).

ANTHOLOGY: En Güzel Türk Manileri (The Best Turkish Quatrains, 1933), En Güzel Türk Masalları (The Best Turkish Fairytales, 1934), Şaheserler Antolojisi (Anthology of Masterpieces, 1934), Divan Şiiri Antolojisi (Anthology of Divan* Poetry, 1947), Türk Edebiyatı Şaheserleri (Masterpieces of Turkish Literature, 1955), Batı Edebiyatı Şaheserleri (Masterpieces of Western Literature, 1955), Tekke Şiiri Antolojisi (Anthology of Dervish Lodge Poetry, 1955), Şiir Defteri (The Poem Notebook, 1956), Divan Şiirleri (Poems of Divan* Literature, 1958), Hikâye Defteri (The Story Notebook, 1958), Saz Şiiri Antolojisi (Anthology of  the Saz Poems, 1963), Türk Nesri Antolojisi (Anthology of Turkish Writing, 1963), Meşhur Beyitler (The Best Known Lines of Poems, 1963), Türk Edebiyat Tarihi (The History of Turkish Literature, 1964).

RESEARCH: Fransız Edebiyatı (French Literature, 1934), Yeni Türk Edebiyatı (New Turkish Literature, 1936), İzahlı Türkçe Metinler (Turkish Texts with Explanations, for High Schools, 1945), Osmanlı Padişahları (The Ottoman Empire Sultans, monograph, 1949), Namık Kemal (Namık Kemal, a Turkish writer, 1955), Namık Kemal'in Şiirleri (The Poems of Namık Kemal, 1959), Ziya Paşa'nın Şiirleri (Poems of Ziya Paşa, 1959), Türk Edebiyatı Tarihi (The History of Turkish Literature, 1964), Donkişot (Don Quixote, 1947), Aşk ve Istırap Şiirleri (Love and Sorrow Poems, from Heine, 1948), Ömer Hayyam'dan Rubailer (Rubai*s from Omar Khayyam, 1955),

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