Tahsin Yücel (17 August 1933 – 22 January 2016) was a Turkish translator, novelist, essayist and literary critic.
Born in
Elbistan
Elbistan (;Aksüt, Ali"''On the Alevism of Elbistan, Nurhak, Ekinozu and Afsin - Elbistan Nurhak Ekinözü Afşin Aleviliği Üzerine - Zum Alevitentum in Elbistan, Nurhak, Ekinözü und Afşin''"- Alevilik-Bektaşilik Araştırmaları Dergisi 201 ...
, Yücel studied at the
Istanbul University
Istanbul University, also known as University of Istanbul (), is a Public university, public research university located in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded by Mehmed II on May 30, 1453, a day after Fall of Constantinople, the conquest of Constantinop ...
, graduating in French philology.
After completing his postgraduate studies, in 1978 he became professor in the same university.
In addition to being author of essays, novels and short stories, Yücel was mainly active as a translator of about 70 novels from French into Turkish.
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1933 births
2016 deaths
People from Elbistan
Turkish essayists
Turkish male writers
Male essayists
Turkish novelists
Istanbul University alumni
Academic staff of Istanbul University
20th-century Turkish translators
Burials at Ayazağa Cemetery
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