Rıfat Ilgaz
Rıfat Ilgaz | |
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Born | Mehmet Rıfat Ilgaz (1911-05-07)7 May 1911 Cide, Kastamonu Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 7 July 1993(1993-07-07) (aged 82) Istanbul, Turkey |
Resting place | Zincirlikuyu Cemetery, Istanbul |
Pen name | Stepne |
Occupation | Author, teacher, poet |
Nationality | Turkish |
Genre | Humour |
Rıfat Ilgaz (7 May 1911 – 7 July 1993) was a Turkish teacher, writer and poet.
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. He was among the contributors of the literary magazine Adımlar between 1943 and 1944.[1] In 1946 he founded a leading satirical weekly magazine, Marko Paşa, with Aziz Nesin and Sabahattin Ali.[2]
Rıfat Ilgaz died in Istanbul on 7 July 1993 due to lung failure. He was buried at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.[3]
English language bibliography
One collection of Ilgaz's short stories has been published in English translation.
Fourth Company
A 2001 short story collection by Turkish writer Rifat Ilgaz published by Milet Books, in dual Turkish and English translation by Damian Croft, as part of its series of Turkish-English Short Story Collections.
The publisher states that, “In the deftly comic six-part story, Fourth Company and two further stories, Rifat Ilgaz turns his sharp but affectionate wit on compulsory military service, holidays at home and the pathological fear of doctors.”[4]
The volume consists of the stories;
- Fourth Company (Parts 1–6)
- Off to Exchange Bayram Greetings
- A Fear of Doctors
Editions
- Fourth Company. trans. Damian Croft. London: Milet Books. 2001. ISBN 978-1-84059-298-6.
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Selected works
- Apartıman Çocukları
- Bacaksız Okulda
- Bacaksız Plajda
- Cart Curt
- Çalış Osman Çiftlik Senin
- Devam
- Don Kişot Istanbul'da
- Garibin Horozu
- Geçmişe Mazi
- Güvercinim Uyur mu?
- Hababam Sınıfı (1975) (made into a movie)[5]
- Hababam Sınıfı Sınıfta Kaldı (1975) (made into a movie)[6]
- Hababam Sınıfı Baskında (made into a movie)
- Hababam Sınıfı İcraatın İçinde
- Hababam Sınıfı Uyanıyor
- Hoca Nasrettin Ve Çömezleri
- Karadeniz'in Kıyıcığında
- Karartma Geceleri (1990) (made into a movie)[7]
- Kırk Yıl Once Kırk Yıl Sonra
- Kulağımız Kirişte
- Nerde Kalmıştık
- Nerde O Eski Usturalar
- Ocak Katırı Alagöz
- Öksüz Civciv
- Pijamalılar
- Radarın Anahtarı
- Rüşvetin Alamancası
- Sarı Yazma
- Sınıf
- Soluk Soluğa/Karakılçık/Uzak Değil
- Sosyal Kadınlar Partisi
- Şeker Kutusu
- Üsküdar'da Sabah Oldu
- Yarenlik
- Yaşadıkça
- Yıldız Karayel
- Yokuş Yukarı
- Halime Kaptan
See also
References
- ^ Servet Tiken (2022). "1940'lı Yılların Türkiye'sinde Batı Edebiyatına Adımlar". Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies (in Turkish). 32 (1): 435–456. doi:10.26650/LITERA2021-980572.
- ^ Efrat E. Aviv (2013). "Cartoons in Turkey – From Abdülhamid to Erdoğan". Middle Eastern Studies. 49 (2): 226. doi:10.1080/00263206.2012.759101.
- ^ "Rıfat Ilgaz, 22 yıl önce bugün aramızdan ayrıldı". Y24 (in Turkish). 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
- ^ "Fourth Company". Milet Books. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
- ^ "Hababam Sinifi (movie)".
- ^ "Hababam Sinifi Sinifta Kaldi (movie)".
- ^ "Karartma Geceleri (movie)".
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