Ahmet Muhip Dıranas (1909 – 27 June 1980) was a leading Turkish

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and writer.

Biography

He was born in Sinop,

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in 1909. Having completed his primary education in Sinop, he moved to

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and graduated from Ankara High School. He then went to

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for a university degree and studied

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. He returned to Ankara in 1938, and worked as a director in the CHP headquarters. Having completed his military service, he continued his career as a publication director in the Society for the Protection of Children () in Ankara. In the 1950s he was a regular contributor of the Democrat Party newspaper '' Zafer''.

Bibliography

;Poetry: * "''Şiirler''" (1974) * "''Kırık Saz''" (1975) ;Plays: * "''Gölgeler''" (1947) * "''O Böyle İstemezdi''" (1948) ;Translated plays: * "''Aptal''" (1940 - translated from Dostoevski's ''

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'') ;Research: * "''Fransa'da Müstakil Resim''" (1937 - with Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı)

References

* Culture and Tourism Ministry of Turkey
''Biography of Ahmet Muhip Dıranas''
* Ykykultur.com.tr
''Biography and bibliography of Ahmet Muhip Dıranas''

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1909 births 1980 deaths Turkish poets People from Sinop, Turkey 20th-century Turkish poets {{Turkey-poet-stub

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