Tevfik Fikret
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Tevfik Fikret (December 26, 1867 - August 19, 1915) was the pseudonym of Turkish poet Mehmed Tevfik. Fikret was educated at the prestigious Galatasaray Lisesi, where he later became principal. His sister suffered a tragic early death. His works were deeply influenced by the French Symbolists, many of whose whose works he translated into Turkish. Possessor of a bold, innovative style, his use of frequently arcane words contributed to the difficulty of his work. Along with many of his avant-garde contemporaries, he contributed to the literary magazine Servet-i-Fünum ("the Wealth of Knowledge") until it was censored by the Ottoman government in 1901. Fikret's volumes of verse include Rubab-i-Sikeste ("The Broken Lute") from 1900 and Haluk-un-Defieri ("Haluk's Notebook") from 1911.
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Kuiper, Kathleen. Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature. Merriam-Webster, 1995.
