Poet and writer (b. 1887, İstanbul – d. 12 May 1919).
His first poem appeared in the magazine Çocuk Bahçesi (1905) in Thessalonica. After he joined the “Dawn of
the New Age Society”, his poems and articles concerning theatre were published
in the magazine Servet-i Fünûn. His
last poems appeared in the magazines Şair
(1918) and Nedim (1919). His poems
and plays that were influenced by Ahmet Haşim were not particularly successful.
Some of his poems were set to music.
WORKS:
POETRY: Ruh-ı Bikayd (The
Indifferent Soul, 1910).
PLAY: Hicranlar (Separations /
Agonies, 1908), Jöntürk (Young Turk,
with Ruhsan Nevvare, 1909), Firar
(The Flight, 1910), Kırık Mahfaza
(The Broken Box, with Şahabettin Süleyman 1911), Kösem Sultan (Kösem Sultan, 1912), Ben Başka (I Am an Exception, 1913), Rakibe (The Rival, 1919), İki
Böcek Bir Çiçek (Two Men, One Woman). The last two plays were adapted from
French.