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Faik Abdi
Faik is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Sait Faik Abasıyanık (1906–1954), Turkish writer * Faik Konica (1875–1942), Albanian writer * Ali Faik Zaghloul (1924–1995), Egyptian radio presenter See also * FAIK is the abbreviation for Finspångs AIK, a sports club in Sweden {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sait Faik Abasıyanık
Sait Faik Abasıyanık (18 November 1906 – 11 May 1954) was one of the greatest Turkish writers of short stories and poetry and considered an important literary figure of the 1940s. He created a brand new style in Turkish literature and brought new life to Turkish short story writing with his harsh but humanistic portrayals of labourers, fishermen, children, the unemployed, and the poor. His stories focused on the urban lifestyle and he portrayed the denizens of the darker places in Istanbul. He also explored the "...torments of the human soul and the agony of love and betrayal..." Biography Born in Adapazarı, on 18 November 1906, he was educated at Istanbul Lisesi in Istanbul and then in Bursa. He enrolled in the Turcology Department of Istanbul University in 1928, but under pressure from his father went to Switzerland to study economics in 1930. He left school and lived from 1931 to 1935 in France (mainly Grenoble) – an experience which had a deep impact on his art and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faik Konica
Faik Bey Konica (later named ''Faïk Dominik Konitza'', 15 March 1875 – 15 December 1942) was an important figure in Albanian language and culture in the early decades of the twentieth century. Prewar Albanian minister to Washington, his literary review ''Albania'' became the focal publication of Albanian writers living abroad. Faik Konica wrote little in the way of literature, but as a stylist, critic, publicist and political figure he had a tremendous impact on Albanian writing and on Albanian culture at the time. Biography Faik was born on 15 March 1875 as a son of Shahin and Lalia Zenelbej in the town of Koniçe (modern Konitsa), Janina Vilayet, Ottoman Empire, now in northern Greece, not far from the present Albanian border. He had three brothers: Mehmed, Rustem and Hilmi. After elementary schooling in Turkish in his native town, he studied at the Xavierian Jesuit College in Shkodër which offered him not only some instruction in Albania but also an initial contact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Faik Zaghloul
Ali Faik Zaghloul ( ar, علي فايق زغلول; 3 March 1924 – 13 October 1995) was an Egyptian radio presenter. Last accessed 12 June 2008. He is considered the father of Egyptian radio variety show
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