Kemal BilbaÅŸar (born 1910,
Çanakkale
Çanakkale is a city and seaport in Turkey on the southern shore of the Dardanelles at their narrowest point. It is the seat of Çanakkale Province and Çanakkale District.[Istanbul
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), was a
Turkish writer.
Biography
He was born in
Çanakkale
Çanakkale is a city and seaport in Turkey on the southern shore of the Dardanelles at their narrowest point. It is the seat of Çanakkale Province and Çanakkale District.[Caucasus
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, and his mother is Nuriye Hanım, who is an immigrant from
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...
. Naim Efendi, who graduated from
Sofia University
Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" () is a public university, public research university in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is the oldest institution of higher education in Bulgaria.
Founded on 1 October 1888, the edifice of the university was constr ...
, went to Thessaloniki as the police chief after his appointment came out after serving in Çanakkale for a while. Upon the death of Naim Efendi, who worked here for a while, the family migrated to Çanakkale, his previous place of duty. The family had to leave here in 1915 after the Çanakkale front was also bombarded during
World War I
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.
BilbaÅŸar was among the contributors of the literary magazine ''
Adımlar
''Adımlar'' () was a literary and political magazine which appeared in Ankara, Turkey, between May 1943 and April 1944. Its subtitle was ''Aylık Fikir ve Kültür Dergisi'' (). It is known for its cofounder, owner and editor-in-chief Behice Bo ...
'' between 1943 and 1944.
Bibliography
Story
* ''Anadolu'dan Hikayeler'' - 1939
* ''Cevizli Bahçe'' - 1941
* ''Pembe Kurt'' - 1953
* ''Üç Bulutlu Hikayeler'' - 1956
* ''Irgatların Öfkesi'' - 1971
* ''Pazarlık'' – 1944
* ''Köyden Kentten'' – 1961
Novel
* ''Denizin Çağırışı'' – 1943
* ''Ay Tutulduğu Gece'' – 1961
* ''Cemo'' – 1966
* ''Memo'' – 1970
* ''Yeşil Gölge'' – 1970
* ''Yonca Kız'' – 1971
* ''Başka Olur Ağaların Düğünü'' – 1972
* ''Kölelik Dönemeci'' – 1977
* ''Bedoş'' – 1980
* ''Zühre Ninem'' – 1981
References
Notes
1910 births
1983 deaths
Writers from Istanbul
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