Sait Faik Abasıyanık
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| Born: | November 18, 1906 Adapazarı, Turkey |
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| Died: | May 11, 1954 |
| Occupation: | short story writer |
| Nationality: | Turkish |
Sait Faik Abasıyanık (18 November 1906 - 11 May 1954) was one of the greatest Turkish writers of short stories and poetry. Born in Adapazarı, he was educated at the Istanbul German School for Boys (Istanbul Erkek Lisesi) and graduated from high school in Bursa. He enrolled in the Turcology Department of Istanbul University in 1928, but under pressure from his father went to Switzerland to study economics in 1930. He left school and lived for three years in Grenoble, France -an experience which made a deep impact on his art and character. After returning to Turkey he taught Turkish in Halıcıoğlu Armenian School for Orphans, and tried to follow his father's wishes and go into business but was unsuccessful. He devoted his life to writing after 1934. He created a brand new language and brought new life to Turkish short story writing with his harsh but humanistic portrayals of labourers, children, the unemployed, the poor. A major theme was always the sea and he spent most of his time in Burgaz Ada (one of the Princes' Islands in the Marmara Sea). He was an honorary member of the International Mark Twain Society of St. Louis, Missouri.
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[edit] Short Stories
Semaver (The Tea Urn) 1936, Sarnıç (The Fountain) 1939, Şahmerdan (The Serpent) 1940, Lüzumsuz Adam (The Unnecessary Man) 1948, Mahalle Kahvesi (The Café House) 1950, Havada Bulut (Cloud in the Sky) 1951, Kumpanya (The Circus) 1951, Havuz Başı (The Poolside) 1952, Son Kuşlar (The Last Birds), Alemdağ'da Var Bir Yılan (There is a Snake in Alemdağ) 1953, Az Şekerli (Just a Bit of Sugar) 1954
[edit] Novels
Bir Takım Insanlar (A Set of People) 1944, Kayıp Aranıyor (Wanted) 1953
[edit] Poetry
Şimdi Sevişme Vakti (Now, It is Time for Love) 1953
Sait Faik left his wealth to the Darüşşafaka School for orphans. The Sait Faik foundation is still run by Darüşşafaka School, maintaining his Burgaz House as the Sait Faik Museum and since 1954 giving the annual Sait Faik Literature Prize to the best collection of short stories. The first Sait Faik Short Story prize winner was "Gazoz Ağacı" by Sabahattin Kudret Aksal and this most prestigious literary prize has been given so far to some of the best Turkish authors including Pınar Kür, Tomris Uyar, Füruzan and Nazlı Eray.
[edit] Selected Sait Faik Short Story Prize Winner Authors
1955- Sabahattin Kudret Aksal (Gazoz Ağacı)
Haldun Taner (On İkiye Bir Var)( one minute to twelve)
1958- Orhan Kemal (Kardeş Payı) ( brotherly share)
1964- Mehmet Seyda (Başgöz Etme Zamanı)( time for marriage)
1965- Kamuran Şipal (Elbiseciler Çarşısı)(clothes shops market) ,Mahmut Özay (Yorgo)(giorgio)
1969- Orhan Kemal (Önce Ekmek) (bread first), Faik Baysal (Sancı Meydanı) ( pain square)
1968- Muzaffer Buyrukçu (Kavga) (fight)
1966- Cengiz Yörük (Çölde Bir Deve) ( a camel in dessert)
1971- Bekir Yıldız (Kaçakçı Şahan) (smuggler Shahan)
1973- Demirtaş Ceyhun (Çamasan)
1974- Fakir Baykurt (Can Parası)
1975- Adalet Ağaoğlu (Yüksek Gerilim) ( high energy)
1976- Selim İleri (Dostlukların son Günü) ( last day of the friendships)
1978- Adnan Özyalçıner (Gözleri Bağlı Adam), Selçuk Baran (Anaların Hakkı) ( mothers' share)
1979- Ferit Edgü (Bir Gemide) ( on a boat)
1984- Pınar Kür (Ona Sevdiğimi Söyle) ( tell him that I love him)
1988- Gülderen Bilgili (Bir Gece Yolculuğu) ( night journey)
1989- Demir Özlü (Stocholm Öyküleri)(stockholm stories)
1990- Nezihe Meriç (Bir Kara Derin Kuyu) ( a dark deep well)
1994- Osman Şahin (Selam Ateşleri)
[edit] External links
Translation of "Semaver" (The Samovar) into German by H. Ozkan
