Educator-writer
(b. 4 January 1919, İzmir - d. 1 December 1996,
He began his literary life in the review
Orkun in 1951 by his short stories. His works were published in the
reviews Mefkûre, Türkeli, Aras, Oğuz,
Gurbet, Türk Dünyası, Türk Yurdu, Kopuz, Damla, Ocak, Defne, Çaba, Türk
Kültürü, Ötüken, Kemalist Ülkü, Millî Eğitim, Küçük Dergi, Erciyes, Töre, Millî
Kültür, Karınca, Çağrı. He was
renowed with his studies in the field of history of literature.
WORKS:
RESEARCH-STUDY: Namık Kemal Ruhu (Soul of Namık Kemal,
1953), Avrupa'da ve Bizde Edebiyat
Akımları 1-2-3 (Literary Movements in Europe and Turkey I-II-III, 1976), Ömer Seyfettin (Ömer Seyfettin, 1976), Örnekli ve Uygulamalı Hece Vezni ve Hecenin
Beş Şairi (Syllable Meter with Examples and Applications and 5 Poets of
Syllable Meter, 1980), Yunus'tan
Bugüne Türk Şiiri (Turkish Poetry from Yunus till Today, 1981), Atatürk İnkılapları (Revolutions of
Atatürk, 1985), Türk Atasözleri Üzerine
Bir Araştırma (A Research on Turkish Proverbs, 1985), Ziya Paşa'nın Terci-i Bend'i ile Terkib-i Bend'i Üzerine Düşünceler
(Thoughts on Terci-i Bend (long poem
with a recurrent couplet at the end of each stanza) and Terkib-i Bend (long poem each stanza of which is followed by a
refrain couplet , these couplets rhyming among themselves, 1987), Halk Edebiyatında Milliyet Unsurları
(National Factors in Folk Literature).
COLLECTION-ANTHOLOGY-DICTIONARY: Atasözleri ve Seçilmiş Güzel Sözler
(Proverbs and Selected Sympathetic Words, 1979), Açıklamalı Türk Atasözleri Sözlüğü (Annotated Dictionary of Turkish
Proverbs, with Dr. M. Ziya, 1982), Büyük
Deyimler Sözlüğü (Grand Dictionary of Idioms, 1983), Millî Hikâyeler Antolojisi (Anthology of National Short Stories,
1988), Edebiyatımızdaki Dinî, Tasavvufî
ve Hikmetli Manzum Sözlerinden Bir Demet
(A Bouquet of Religious, Sufist and Oracular Poems, 1989), Türkçe Deyimler / Türkçe ve Edebiyat Terimleri Sözlüğü (Turkish
Idioms / Dictionary of Turkish and Literature Terms, 1991).
In addition, he has
simplifications.
