+90 (212) 252 63 14
  • ENGLISH
    • Türkçe Türkçe
    • ENGLISH ENGLISH
    • Español Español
    • Русский Русский

Nâzım Hikmet Kültür ve Sanat Vakfı

Nâzım Hikmet Kültür ve Sanat Vakfı

T +90 (212) 252 63 14
T +90 (533) 499 04 79

[email protected]

Şişli Belediyesi
Nâzım Hikmet Kültür ve Sanat Evi
Halide Edip Adıvar Mh. Darülaceze Cd. No:9-1/1 Şişli / İstanbul

Open in Google Maps
  • ANA SAYFA
  • NÂZIM HİKMET
    • Yaşam Öyküsü
    • Kronoloji
    • Otobiyografi
    • Fotobiyografi
    • Fotoğraf Albümü
    • Yapıtları
      • Şiirlerinden Seçmeler
    • Bibliyografya
      • Nâzım Hikmet ile İlgili Kitaplar
    • Tüm Yönleri
      • Şiiri
      • Öykü ve Romanları
      • Tiyatrosu
      • Sineması
      • Ressamlığı
      • Mücadelesi
    • Davaları
    • Yurttaşlık Hakkı
    • Görüşler
  • KÜLTÜR ve SANAT VAKFI
    • Tarihçe
    • Girişim Kurulu
    • Yönetim Kurulu
    • Anı Odası
    • Bilgi Merkezi
    • 30. Yıl Özel
  • YAYINLAR
    • Kültür Ajandaları
    • Kitaplar
    • Filmler ve Belgeseller
  • HABERLER
  • ETKİNLİKLER
    • Güncel Etkinlikler
    • Ulusal Fotoğraf Yarışması
    • Uluslararası Şiir Ödülü
    • Uluslararası Sempozyum
    • Edebiyat Söyleşileri
    • İnceleme-Araştırma Ödülü
    • Tarık Akan Toplantıları I
    • Tarık Akan Toplantıları II
    • Tarık Akan Toplantıları III
    • Nâzım Hikmet Yılı
  • İLETİŞİM
    • Kültür ve Sanat Evi
    • Katkılarınız İçin
    • Haberdar Olun
    • Bize Ulaşın
  • Home
  • NÂZIM HİKMET
  • Biography
 

Biography

Biography

Nâzım Hikmet, the poet who brought a new concept into Turkish Poetry, was born in Selonika. He was educated at “Mekteb-i Sultani”, “The Nişantaşı Numune Mektebi” and then “The Heybeliada Naval Academy”. But he left The Naval Academy due to poor health in 1920. He published his first poems in this period . At the beginning of 1921, he went to Anatolia to take part in the war of independence.

His interest in the October Revolution in Russia took him, to the USSR. Nâzım Hikmet returned to Turkey as a committed marxist. The poetry he now wrote reflected a new understanding and earned him great acclaim. Nâzım Hikmet was imprisoned many times because of his poetry. The last charges against him resulted in a 28 year prison sentence in 1938 for inciting mutiny in the navy. A campaign in support of Nâzım Hikmet’s innocence started in 1949 in protest of his imprisonment and created significant reverberations abroad. With the passing of a general amnesty in 1950, Nâzım Hikmet was released from prison. Following his acquital, Hikmet left the country because political pressure . He was extradited from Turkish citizenship in 1951. He died in Moscow where lived until 1963.

Without departing from Turkish poetical tradition, Nâzım Hikmet was able to consistently renew his poetry. His most unchanging characteristics, however, were his belief in a bright future and his devotion to the people of his own country.

NÂZIM HİKMET

  • Biography
  • The Poet Of Hope
  • Autobiography
  • Photo Album
  • Photobiography
  • Works
  • Personal
  • Tributes

QUICK ACCESS

  • History
  • Memory Hall
  • Biography
  • The Poet Of Hope
  • Works
  • Selections From His Poetry
  • On His Poetry
  • Nâzım’s Struggle
  • FOLLOW US
Nâzım Hikmet Kültür ve Sanat Vakfı

©1991-2023 Nâzım Hikmet Culture and Art Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

TOP