Nâzım Hikmet

Turkish communist poet, playwright and novelist (1902-1963) · Turkey · Writers · Died at 61 · also Poland

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A Turkish poet who spent most of his adult life either imprisoned or exiled for his politics, yet his verse traveled farther than he ever could - translated into more than 50 languages.

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A life in dates

1963Died3 June 19631960“Because of you, each day is a melon slice / smelling sweetly of earth / Because of you, all fruits reach out to me / as if I were the sun.”In their words29 August 1960From Because of You (29 August 1960)Read the whole statement

“Separation isn't time or distance / it's the bridge between us / finer than silk thread sharper than swords”In their words6 June 1960From Separation (6 June 1960)Read the whole statement

1957“The world's not run by governments or money / but people rule / a hundred years from now / maybe / but it will be for sure.”In their words12 September 1957From Optimism (12 September 1957)Read the whole statement

1956“Loneliness feels like prison.”In their words23 March 1956From New Year's Eve (23 March 1956)Read the whole statement

“My country or the stars / Or my youth, what's farthest?”In their words10 March 1956From In the Snowy Night Woods (10 March 1956)Read the whole statement

1941“I've never regretted I was born too soon. / I'm proud to be / a child of the twentieth century. / I'm satisfied / to join its ranks / on our side / and fight for a new world...”In their words12 November 1941From On the Twentieth Century (12 November 1941)Read the whole statement

1902Born15 January 1902

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Nâzım Hikmet, Berlin 1956 (1)

2022 Wikidata Istanbul Conference Day 1 Asaf Bartov and Nazim Hikmet’s Wikidata Item

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Bundesarchiv Bild 183-14809-0004, Berlin, Schriftsteller-Besuch

Bundesarchiv Bild 183-14809-0005, Berlin, Schriftsteller-Besuch

Bundesarchiv Bild 183-14811-0012, Berlin, 3. Deutscher Schriftsteller-Kongress (cropped)

Bundesarchiv Bild 183-14811-0012, Berlin, 3. Deutscher Schriftsteller-Kongress

Frontispiece of Volume 1 of the first-ever collected works of the Turkish poet Nâzım Hikmet

In their own words 10

Nâzım Hikmet

10 statements, newest first

Because of you, each day is a melon slice / smelling sweetly of earth / Because of you, all fruits reach out to me / as if I were the sun.
Aug 29, 1960, From Because of You (29 August 1960), Own words
Separation isn't time or distance / it's the bridge between us / finer than silk thread sharper than swords
Jun 6, 1960, From Separation (6 June 1960), Own words
The world's not run by governments or money / but people rule / a hundred years from now / maybe / but it will be for sure.
Sep 12, 1957, From Optimism (12 September 1957), Own words

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Family

Mother Celile Hanım

Nâzım Hikmet

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About this person

Mehmed Nâzım Ran was born on 17 January 1902 and became known as Nâzım Hikmet, writing poetry, plays, novels, screenplays, and memoirs across a restless career. Critics praised the "lyrical flow of his statements" and called him a "romantic communist" and a "romantic revolutionary" - labels that came with a cost. He was arrested repeatedly for his political beliefs, and the cycle of prison and exile consumed most of his adult years. He died on 3 June 1963, but the work outlasted the borders that held him.

Country

Turkey

In common with Nâzım

Cahide SonkuAlso in The Girl From The Marsh Croft (1935)

Roman KachanovAlso in The Cloud in Love (1959)

Muhsin ErtuğrulAlso in The Million Hunters (1934)

Vadim MedvedevAlso in Two Boys from the Same District (1957)

Václav KrškaAlso in Legend of Love (1957)

İhsan İpekçiAlso in Towards the Sun (1937)

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