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Romantic communist

the life and work of Nazım Hikmet

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An edition of Romantic communist (1999)

Romantic communist

the life and work of Nazım Hikmet

"Romantic Communist portrays a writer who combined political courage with artistic creativity, even under prison conditions. Using both personal testimonies and newly-discovered archival sources, it presents Nazim's career as a microcosm of modern politics."--BOOK JACKET.

"After initially supporting Kemal Ataturk's campaign to liberate Turkey from the control of the Western powers, Nazim went to Moscow as a student in the early 1920s. Here he was decisively influenced by the artistic experiments of Mayakovsky and Meyerhold, as well as the political vision of Lenin. On his return to Istanbul he became the charismatic leader of the Turkish avantgarde, producing a stream of innovative poems and polemics, plays and film scripts.

Repeatedly arrested for his political beliefs, he was sentenced in 1938 to twenty-eight years' imprisonment on trumped-up charges of organising a revolt in the Turkish armed forces. His epic poem Human Landscapes, written in Bursa prison, expresses an enduring commitment to his country and his people, while his series of passionate emotional relationships are reflected in poignant lyrics and love letters."--BOOK JACKET.

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Publisher
Hurst & Company
Language
English
Pages
367

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Romantic communist: the life and work of Nazım Hikmet
1999, Hurst & Company
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Romantic communist: the life and work of Nazım Hikmet
1999, St. Martin's Press, Palgrave Macmillan
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
London
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Library of Congress
PL248.H45 Z65 1999, PL248.H45 Z655 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxiv, 367 p. :
Number of pages
367

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6823440M
ISBN 10
1850653712
LCCN
00304614
OCLC/WorldCat
41339474
Goodreads
973784

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