Talat S. Halman
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Talat Sait Halman (born in 1930 Istanbul, Turkey) Famous Turkish poet, translator, cultural historian. First Minister of Culture of Turkey in 1971.
He is currently the head of the Turkish Language and Literature Department at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey.He was formerly a member of the faculties of Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University and New York University.
In 1971, he was appointed as Turkey's first Minister of Culture. He led the creation of the Ministry of Culture in Turkey. From 1980 to 1982 he served as Turkey's first Ambassador for Cultural Affairs. Hwas also a member of UNESCO's Executive Board.
Halman has published more than 60 books in Turkish and English, including works and other translations of Mevlana Jelaleddin Rumi, three books on the Turkish mystic poet Yunus Emre and many anothologies of Turkish literature in English. He completed Turkish translations of the Complete Sonnets of Shakespeare as well as selected works by William Faulkner, Mark Twain, Eugene O'Neil and Wallace Stevens.
A Knight Grand Cross (GBE) was conferred on him by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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