Researcher of literature (b. 4 August
1940, İstanbul). She is the daughter of Mehmet Enginün, who served as the
deputy of Edirne from 1950 to 1957, and the sister of Prof. Mine Enginün. She
attended the Ankara Sarar Primary School, TED Ankara College (1959) and
graduated from İstanbul University, Faculty of Literature, Department of
Turkish Language and Literature (1963). She became an assistant at the same
faculty in 1963 and completed her doctorate studies in 1968. She became an
associate professor in 1974 and a professor in 1984. She became a lecturer at
İstanbul University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Turkish Language and
Literature in 1974 and was appointed a member of the senate of Marmara
University, Faculty of Science and Literature in 1984. She served as the member
of the executive board (1982-87) and as the vice-dean (1983-87) at the same
faculty. Furthermore, she became the dean of the Atatürk Institute of Education
(1987-90), head of the Department of Turkish Language and Literature (1991-94)
and manager of the Institute of Turkish (1991-97) at Marmara University and
retired in 1997. She was a member of the executive board of UNESCO Turkish
National Commission between 1988 and 1993. She is a member of Turkish-American
Association for Scientific Research, Turkish Language Association, the
Professional Association of Scientific and Literary Work Owners of Turkey,
Association of Turkish Women of Universities and Association fort he Study of
Turkish Culture.
Her articles were published in the
reviews İstanbul Üniversitesi Türk Dili
ve Edebiyatı (1964), Hisar
(1972-80), Türk Kültürü (1976), Tarih (1977), Millî Kültür (1977-78), Türklük
Bilgisi Araştırmaları (1979), Hareket
(1979-81), Türkiyat Mecmuası
(1977-79), Yönelişler (1983), Kaynaklar (1983), Türk Dili (1984-87), Kitap
(1982), Gösteri (1982), Boğaziçi (1985-86), Erdem (1985-86), Doğuş
(1985), etc. She also prepared papers and articles for numerous collaborative
books and translated works from English. She received the Foundation for
Turkish National Culture Award in 1981 with Devrin
Yazarlarının Kalemiyle Millî Mücadele ve Gazi Mustafa Kemal (National
Struggle and Gazi Mustafa Kemal from the Articles of the Writers of the Time)
and was elected the Writer of the Year in the criticism category by the Writers
Union of Turkey twice; in 1992 with her work Mukayeseli Edebiyat (Comparative Literature) and in 2000 with Araştırmalar ve Belgeler (Researches and
Documents).
WORKS:
RESEARCH-STUDY: Halide Edip, Y. Kadri, F. Rıfkı, M. Asım: İzmir'den Bursa'ya (Halide
Edip, Y. Kadri, F. Rıfkı, M. Asım: From İzmir to Bursa, 1974), 100 Büyük Edip Şair (100 Great Scholar
Poets, 1975), Halide Edip Adıvar (Halide
Edip Adıvar, 1975), Tanzimat Devrinde
Shakespeare Tercümeleri ve Tesiri (Translations and Influence of the Works
of Shakespeare in the Tanzimat* Period, 1976), Halide Edip Adıvar'ın Eserlerinde Doğu ve Batı Meselesi (East-West
Problem in the Works of Halide Edip Adıvar, 1978), Tanzimat Devrinde Shakespeare (Shakespeare in the Tanzimat* Period,
1979), Yeni Türk Edebiyatı Araştırmaları
(Researches of New Turkish Literature, 1983), Millî Mücadelede Türk Kadını (Turkish Woman in the National
Struggle, in collaboration with M. Cunbur and C. Özdemir, 1983), Abdülhak Hamid Tarhan (Abdülhak Hamid
Tarhan, 1986), Cenap Şahabettin (Cenap Şahabettin, 1989), Kurtuluş Savaşı ve Edebiyatımız (Independence War and Our
Literature, in collaboration with Z. Kerman and Selim İleri, 1998), Araştırmalar ve Belgeler (Researches and
Documents, 2000), Mehmet Kaplan / Hayatı
ve Eserleri (Mehmet Kaplan / His Life and Works, in collaboration with Z.
Kerman, 2000), Cenap Şahabettin / Evrâk-ı
Leyâl (Poems, Cenap Şahabettin / collected poems of Cenap Şahabettin by Ali
İhsan Barlas, study, in collaboration with G. Barlas, 2001), Bir Sığınak Olarak Kitap ve Edebiyat (Books and Literature as a Shelter, 2001).
She also edited and collected numerous works.
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