Occupation Author, Teacher, Poet Genre Humour Role Poet | Nationality Turkish Name Rifat Ilgaz | |
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Born 7 May 1911
Cide, Kastamonu Vilayet, Ottoman Empire ( 1911-05-07 ) Died July 7, 1993, Istanbul, Turkey Spouse Rikkat Uzsay (m. 1939–1949), Nuriye Ilgaz (m. 1931–1933) Movies Hababam Sinifi, Hababam Sinifi Sinifta Ka, Hababam Sinifi Tatilde, Karartma geceleri | ||
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Rıfat Ilgaz (7 May 1911 – 7 July 1993) was a Turkish teacher, writer and poet.
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Biography
He was born in Cide, in the Kastamonu Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey). Ilgaz was one of Turkey’s best-known and most prolific poets and writers, having authored over sixty works. Ilgaz started writing poetry during his junior school years and evolved into one of the prolific social-realist writers of the 20th-century Turkish literature. His poems are considered prime examples of socialist-realistic writing. While he has never really been a partisan of political ideologies, the fact that he has written about the sufferings of the people placed him at a left wing perspective. Like other writers of his time, Ilgaz was imprisoned as a result of one of his publications.
In addition to his writing, he led an accomplished career as a lecturer in Turkish literature.
Rıfat Ilgaz died in Istanbul on 7 July 1993 due to lung failure. He was buried at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.
Selected works
