Süleyman Tarık Buğra (2 September 1918 – 26 February 1994) was a Turkish journalist, novelist and short story author. He was well-known author at Republican literature in his country. He was honoured as a

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in 1991. Buğra is the father of scientist Ayşe Buğra.

Biography

Buğra was born on 2 September 1918 in

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, son of criminal judge Mehmet Nazım from

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and Nazike from Akşehir. His hometown was effective on Buğra's literatural identity. He preferred to signify this town in most of his works.Tarık Buğra Kimdir? Biyografisi
''Biyografistan.com'', Retrieved: 5 December 2016 Buğra graduated from primary school and secondary school in the same town. In the 1960s Buğra was part of the Thinkers Club () of which ideology was a synthesis of Turkism and Islamism. The other major members of the group included Arif Nihat Asya, Kemal Ilıcak,

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and

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Bibliography

Stories

* Oğlumuz (1949) * Yarın Diye Bir Şey Yoktur (1952) * İki Uyku Arasında (1954) * Hikâyeler (1964, yeni ilavelerle 1969)

Theatre plays

* Ayakta Durmak İstiyorum * Akümülatörlü Radyo * Yüzlerce Çiçek Birden Açtı (1979)

Travel memoirs

* Gagaringrad (Moskova Notları) (1962)

Essays

* Gençlik Türküsü (1964) * Düşman Kazanmak Sanatı (1979) * Politika Dışı (1992). * Bu Çağın Adı (1990)

Novels

* Siyah Kehribar (1955) * Küçük Ağa (1954) * Küçük Ağa Ankarada (1966) * İbiş'in Rüyası (1970) * Firavun İmanı (1976) * Gençliğim Eyvah (1979) * Dönemeçte (1980) * Yalnızlar (1981) * Yağmur Beklerken (1981) * Osmancık (1973) * Dünyanın En Pis Sokağı (1989)

Scripts

* Sıfırdan Doruğa-Patron (1994)

References

1918 births 1994 deaths Turkish male short story writers 20th-century Turkish short story writers 20th-century Turkish writers 20th-century Turkish journalists {{Turkey-writer-stub