Nationality Turkish Role Novelist | Name Resat Guntekin Parents Nuri Bey, Lutfiye Hanim | |
Born November 25, 1889
Istanbul, Turkey ( 1889-11-25 ) Occupation Novelist, story writer, playwright Notable works Calikusu (1922), Yesil Gece (1928), Yaprak Dokumu (1939) Died December 7, 1956, London, United Kingdom Education Istanbul University (1912) Books Calikusu, Yaprak Dokumu, Acimak, Yesil Gece, Bir Kadin Dusmani Similar People Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoglu, Halide Edib Adivar, Peyami Safa, Omer Seyfettin, Halid Ziya Usakligil | ||
Reşat Nuri Güntekin'in Eşi İçin İmzaladığı Kitap, Lise Deposunda Bulundu
Reşat Nuri Güntekin ([ɾeˈʃat nuːˈɾi ɟynteˈcin]) (25 November 1889 – 7 December 1956) was a Turkish novelist, storywriter and playwright. His best known novel, Çalıkuşu ("The Wren", 1922) is about the destiny of a young Turkish female teacher in Anatolia. His other significant novels include Dudaktan Kalbe ("From The Lips To The Heart") and Yaprak Dökümü ("The Fall Of Leaves"). Many of his novels have been adapted to cinema and television.
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- Reat Nuri Gntekinin Ei in mzalad Kitap Lise Deposunda Bulundu
- Biography
- Stories
- Novels
- Theatre
- References
Biography
His father was a medical doctor Doktor Nuri Bey. Reşat Nuri attended primary school in Çanakkale, the Çanakkale Secondary School and the İzmir School of Freres. He graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Literature in 1912. He worked as a teacher and administrator at high schools in Bursa and Istanbul, he taught literature, French and philosophy; then he worked as an inspector at the Ministry of National Education (1931). He served as the deputy of Çanakkale between 1933 and 1943 in the Turkish Parliament, the chief inspector at the Ministry of National Education (1947), and a cultural attaché to Paris (1950), when he was also the Turkish representative to UNESCO.
After his retirement, he served at the literary board of the Istanbul Municipal Theatres. He died in London, where he had gone to be treated for his lung cancer. He is buried at the Karacaahmet Cemetery in Istanbul.
Stories
Novels
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