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Orhan Veli Kanık

Born

in İstanbul, Ottoman Empire, Turkey

April 13, 1914

Died

November 14, 1950

Genre

Poetry

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Orhan Veli Kanık or Orhan Veli (14 April 1914 – 14 November 1950) was a Turkish poet. Kanık is one of the founders of the Garip Movement together with Oktay Rıfat and Melih Cevdet. Aiming to fundamentally transform traditional form in Turkish poetry, he introduced colloquialisms into the poetic language. Besides his poetry Kanık crammed an impressive volume of works including essays, articles and translations into 36 short years.

Orhan Veli shunned everything old in order to be able to bring about a new 'taste', refusing to use syllable and aruz meters. He professed to regarding the rhyme primitive, literary rhetoric techniques such as metaphor, simile, hyperbole unnecessary. Set out "to do away with all tradition, everything that bygone lit ...more

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Average rating: 4.31 · 11,095 ratings · 693 reviews · 95 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bütün Şiirleri 4.41 avg rating — 6,654 ratings — published 1951	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hoşgör Köftecisi 3.99 avg rating — 1,031 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yalnız Seni Arıyorum: Nahit Hanım'a Mektuplar 4.26 avg rating — 727 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sakın Şaşırma by Orhan Veli Kanık, Memet Fuat (Editor) 4.34 avg rating — 608 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beni Bu Güzel Havalar Mahvetti: Kendi Sesinden Şiirler 4.61 avg rating — 297 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Garip 4.39 avg rating — 272 ratings — published 1941 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bütün Öyküleri 3.93 avg rating — 227 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seçme Şiirler 4.15 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 1971 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	أنا،ِ أورهان والي by Orhan Veli Kanık, أورهان والي, عبد المقصود عبد الكريم (ترجمة) 3.88 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nasrettin Hoca Hikâyeleri by Orhan Veli Kanık, Dağıstan Çetinkaya (Illustrator) 4.11 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Orhan Veli Kanık (?)

“لا يعرفُ
أولئك الذين لا يعيشون وحدهم
كيف يكون الصمتُ
مرعبًا
كيف يكلم شخص نفسه
كيف يعدو إلى المرايا
جائعا إلى روحٍ
لا يعرفون.”
― Orhan Veli Kanık, أنا،ِ أورهان والي

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“Bakakalırım giden geminin ardından;
Atamam kendimi denize, dünya güzel;
Serde erkeklik var, ağlayamam.”
― Orhan Veli Kanık, Bütün Şiirleri

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“I don't love her anymore
So
Why should I walk
Nights
By the tavern
Where I drank
Every night
Thinking of her?”
― Orhan Veli Kanık, I, Orhan Veli

tags: poetry, turkish

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Nisan 2021 - Türk klasiği okuması
Nisan ayında grupla birlikte hangi kitabı okumak istersiniz?

Mürebbiye - Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar, 1899, 192 sayfa

24 votes 33.3%

Berci Kristin Çöp Masalları - Latife Tekin, 1984, 135 sayfa

20 votes 27.8%

Bütün Şiirleri - Orhan Veli Kanık, 1951, 264 sayfa

18 votes 25.0%

Karılar Koğuşu - Kemal Tahir, 1999, 368 sayfa

10 votes 13.9%

72 total votes

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