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Oktay Rifat
Turkish writer (1914-1988) · Turkey · On the map · Writers · Died at 73
Ali Oktay Rifat was a Turkish writer and playwright, and one of the forefront poets of modern Turkish poetry since the late 1930s. He was the founder of the Garip movement, together with Orhan Veli and Melih Cevdet.
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1988Died18 April 19881984Necatigil Poetry AwardAward1980Madarali Novel PrizeAwardSedat Simavi Literature AwardAward1914Born10 June 1914
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Turkey
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Lived 1914 to 1988 · aged 73
The same award as Oktay
Cemal SüreyaBoth received Necatigil Poetry AwardFakir BaykurtBoth received Sedat Simavi Literature AwardTurgut UyarBoth received Sedat Simavi Literature AwardBilge KarasuBoth received Sedat Simavi Literature AwardPertev Naili BoratavBoth received Sedat Simavi Literature Awardİlhan BerkBoth received Necatigil Poetry Award