Haldun Taner (March 16, 1915 – May 7, 1986) was a well-known
Turkish playwright and short story writer.
Biography
He was born on March 16, 1915 in
Istanbul
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. After graduating from the
Galatasaray High School
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in 1935, he studied politics and economy at the
University of Heidelberg
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in Germany, until a serious health problem forced him to return to Turkey, where he graduated from the Faculty of German Literature and Linguistics in 1950. He also studied theatre and philosophy at the
University of Vienna
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between 1955 and 1957 under the direction of Heinz Kindermann (1894–1985), an Austrian theater and literary scholar.
As a well-disciplined writer accumulating a rich blend of culture, Taner wrote a great number of stories, generally humorous; essays, newspaper columns, travel writings and theatre plays, in particular, brought him several important awards including the ''New York Herald Tribune'' Story Contest First Prize (1954), the
Sait Faik Story Award (1954), the
International Festival of the Humor of Bordighera Award (1969), and so on. Among his plays, the most popular is ''Keşanlı Ali Destanı'' (''Epopee of Ali of Keshan''). His stories have been translated into
German
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,
French,
English
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,
Greek
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,
Slovenian
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, and
Hebrew
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.
In 1967, together with
Metin Akpınar,
Zeki Alasya
Zeki Alasya (18 April 1943 – 8 May 2015) was a Turkish actor and film director. Alasya was of Turkish Cypriot descent and was related to Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha.
Biography
Alasya was born in Istanbul. After studying at Robert College, ...
and
Ahmet Gülhan, he founded the ''Devekuşu Kabare'' (literally, the Ostrich
Cabaret
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; see the Turkish Wikipedia entry
Devekuşu Kabare). He educated and worked with many actors and directors. In addition, he has a distinguished place in Turkish literature due to his essays, and newspaper articles.
Haldun Taner died of a sudden heart attack on May 7, 1986, in Istanbul. He was laid to rest at the Küplüce Cemetery following the religious funeral service at the
Teşvikiye Mosque
The Teşvikiye Mosque is a neo-baroque structure located in the Teşvikiye neighbourhood of Şişli district in Istanbul, Turkey.
History
The mosque was originally commissioned in 1794 by Sultan Selim III, but most of the current mosque that s ...
on May 9.
Legacy
* A
theatre
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venue in
Kadıköy
Kadıköy (), known in classical antiquity and during the Roman and Byzantine eras as Chalcedon ( gr, Χαλκηδών), is a large, populous, and cosmopolitan district in the Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey, on the northern shore of the Sea o ...
district of Istanbul is named in his honor.
* The
International Organization of Turkic Culture
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declared the year 2015 as the Year of Haldun Taner and
Semen Kadyshev.
Bibliography
Theater
* ''Günün Adamı'' (1957)
* ''Dışardakiler'' (1957)
*'' Ve Değirmen Dönerdi'' (1958)
* ''Fazilet Eczanesi'' (1960)
* ''Timsah'' (1960)
* ''Lütfen Dokunmayın'' (1961)
* ''Huzur Çıkmazı'' (1962)
* ''
Keşanlı Ali Destanı'' (1964)
* ''Gözlerimi Kaparım, Vazifemi Yaparım'' (1964)
* ''Eşeğin Gölgesi'' (1965)
* ''Zilli Zarife'' (1966)
* ''Vatan Kurtaran Şaba''n (1967)
* ''Bu Şehr-i İstanbul Ki'' (1968)
* ''Sersem Kocanın Kurnaz Karısı'' (1969)
* ''Astronot Niyazi'' (1970)
* ''Ha Bu Diyar'' (1971)
* ''Dün Bugün'' (1971)
* ''Aşk-u Sevda'' (1973)
* ''Dev Aynası'' (1973)
* ''Yâr Bana Bir Eğlence'' (1974)
* ''Ayışığında Şamata'' (1977)
* ''Hayırdır İnşallah'' (1980)
* ''Marko Paşa'' (1985)
* ''Aleyna'nın kızı'' (1985)
Stories
* ''Geçmiş Zaman Olur Ki'' (1946)
* ''Yaşasın Demokrasi'' (1948)
* ''
Şişhane'ye Yağmur Yağıyordu'' (1950)
* ''Tuş'' (1951)
* ''Onikiye Bir Var'' (1953)
* ''Ayışığında Çalışkur'' (1954)
* ''Sancho’nun Sabah Yürüyüşü'' (1964)
* ''Konçinalar'' (1967)
* ''Kızıl Saçlı Amazon'' (1970)
* ''Yalıda Sabah'' (1979)
* ''Şeytan Tüyü'' (1980)
* ''Bir Kavak Ve İnsanlar''
* ''Ayak''
References
* Who is who database
''Biography of Haldun Taner''
External links
*
1915 births
1986 deaths
Galatasaray High School alumni
Heidelberg University alumni
Turkish dramatists and playwrights
Writers from Istanbul
University of Vienna alumni
Burials at Küplüce Cemetery
20th-century dramatists and playwrights
Turkish socialists
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