Poet and writer (b. 1896, İstanbul – d. 24 September 1973). Her full
name was Şükufe Nihal Başar. She completed her primary and secondary education
at private schools and graduated from
She wrote her first poems with the influence of Tevfik Fikret. She was
especially influenced by his work Halûk’un
Defteri (Haluk’s Diary). Later she adopted the style of the “National
Literature Movement” and used syllabic meter. Her poems were found to be more
successful after she abandoned the style of Tevfik Fikret in her works. Her
first poems were published in the magazines Şair
and Nedim (1918-19). They were also
published in the magazines Aydabir, Çınaraltı and Şadırvan from 1935. She attached great importance to women in her
poetry.
WORKS:
POETRY: Yıldızlar ve Gölgeler
(The Stars and The Shadows, 1919), Hazan
Rüzgarları (Autumn Winds, 1928),
Gayya (Well in Hell, 1930), Su
(Water, 1933), Şile Yolları (Şile
Roads, 1935), Sabah Kuşları (Morning
Birds, 1943), Yerden Göğe (From Earth
to Sky, 1960), Şiirler (Poems, a
collection of her poems published posthumously, 1975).
NOVEL: Renksiz
Istırap (The Colorless Agony, 1928), Yakut
Kayalar (The Ruby Rocks, 1931), Çöl
Güneşi (The Desert Sun, 1933), Yalnız
Dönüyorum (I Am Returning Alone, 1938), Domaniç
Dağlarının Yolcusu (The Traveler of the Domaniç Mountains, 1946), Çölde Sabah Oluyor (The Sun Rises in the
Desert, 1951).
SHORT STORY: Tevekkülün Cezası
(The Cost of Resignation, 1928).
TRAVEL LITERATURE: Finlandiya (Finland, 1935).