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العرض الأخير
116 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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Aziz Nesin
387 books1,002 followersAziz Nesin was a Turkish humorist and author of more than 100 books.
Nesin was born in 1915 on Heybeliada, one of the Princes' Islands of Istanbul, in the days of the Ottoman Empire. After serving as a career officer for several years, he became the editor of a series of satirical periodicals with a socialist slant. He was jailed several times and placed under surveillance by the National Security Service (MAH in Turkish) for his political views. Among the incriminating pieces of evidence they found against him during his military service was his theft and sale for 35 Lira of two goats intended for his company—a violation of clause 131/2 of the Military Penal Code. One 98-year-old former MAH officer named Neşet Güriş alleged that Nesin was in fact a MAH member, but this has been disputed
Nesin provided a strong indictment of the oppression and brutalization of the common man. He satirized bureaucracy and exposed economic inequities in stories that effectively combine local color and universal truths. Aziz Nesin has been presented with numerous awards in Turkey, Italy, Bulgaria and the former Soviet Union. His works have been translated into over thirty languages. During latter parts of his life he was said to be the only Turkish author who made a living only out of his earnings from his books.
On 6 June 1956, he married a coworker from the Akbaba magazine, Meral Çelen.
In 1972, he founded the Nesin Foundation. The purpose of the Nesin Foundation is to take, each year, four poor and destitute children into the Foundation's home and provide every necessity - shelter, education and training, starting from elementary school - until they complete high school, a trade school, or until they acquire a vocation. Aziz Nesin has donated, gratis, to the Nesin Foundation his copyrights in their entirety for all his works in Turkey or other countries, including all of his published books, all plays to be staged, all copyrights for films, and all his works performed or used in radio or television.
Aziz Nesin was a political activist. After the 1980 military coup led by Kenan Evren, the intelligentsia was oppressed. Aziz Nesin led a number of intellectuals to take a stand against the military government, by issuing the Petition of Intellectuals (Turkish: Aydınlar Dilekçesi).
He championed free speech, especially the right to criticize Islam without compromise. In early 1990s he started a translation of Salman Rushdie's controversial novel, The Satanic Verses. This made him a target for radical Islamist organizations, who were gaining popularity throughout Turkey. On July 2, 1993 while attending a mostly Alevi cultural festival in the central Anatolian city of Sivas a mob organized by radical Islamists gathered around the Madimak Hotel, where the festival attendants were accommodated, calling for Sharia and death to infidels. After hours of siege, the mob set the hotel on fire. After flames engulfed several lower floors of the hotel, firetrucks managed to get close, and Aziz Nesin and many guests of the hotel escaped. However, 37 people were killed. This event, also known as the Sivas massacre, was seen as a major assault on free speech and human rights in Turkey, and it deepened the rift between religious- and secular-minded people.
He devoted his last years to fighting ignorance and religious fundamentalism.
Aziz Nesin died on July 6 1995 due to a heart attack, after a book signing event in Çeşme, İzmir. After his death, his body was buried in an unknown location in the land of Nesin Foundation without any ceremony, as suggested by his will.
Nesin was born in 1915 on Heybeliada, one of the Princes' Islands of Istanbul, in the days of the Ottoman Empire. After serving as a career officer for several years, he became the editor of a series of satirical periodicals with a socialist slant. He was jailed several times and placed under surveillance by the National Security Service (MAH in Turkish) for his political views. Among the incriminating pieces of evidence they found against him during his military service was his theft and sale for 35 Lira of two goats intended for his company—a violation of clause 131/2 of the Military Penal Code. One 98-year-old former MAH officer named Neşet Güriş alleged that Nesin was in fact a MAH member, but this has been disputed
Nesin provided a strong indictment of the oppression and brutalization of the common man. He satirized bureaucracy and exposed economic inequities in stories that effectively combine local color and universal truths. Aziz Nesin has been presented with numerous awards in Turkey, Italy, Bulgaria and the former Soviet Union. His works have been translated into over thirty languages. During latter parts of his life he was said to be the only Turkish author who made a living only out of his earnings from his books.
On 6 June 1956, he married a coworker from the Akbaba magazine, Meral Çelen.
In 1972, he founded the Nesin Foundation. The purpose of the Nesin Foundation is to take, each year, four poor and destitute children into the Foundation's home and provide every necessity - shelter, education and training, starting from elementary school - until they complete high school, a trade school, or until they acquire a vocation. Aziz Nesin has donated, gratis, to the Nesin Foundation his copyrights in their entirety for all his works in Turkey or other countries, including all of his published books, all plays to be staged, all copyrights for films, and all his works performed or used in radio or television.
Aziz Nesin was a political activist. After the 1980 military coup led by Kenan Evren, the intelligentsia was oppressed. Aziz Nesin led a number of intellectuals to take a stand against the military government, by issuing the Petition of Intellectuals (Turkish: Aydınlar Dilekçesi).
He championed free speech, especially the right to criticize Islam without compromise. In early 1990s he started a translation of Salman Rushdie's controversial novel, The Satanic Verses. This made him a target for radical Islamist organizations, who were gaining popularity throughout Turkey. On July 2, 1993 while attending a mostly Alevi cultural festival in the central Anatolian city of Sivas a mob organized by radical Islamists gathered around the Madimak Hotel, where the festival attendants were accommodated, calling for Sharia and death to infidels. After hours of siege, the mob set the hotel on fire. After flames engulfed several lower floors of the hotel, firetrucks managed to get close, and Aziz Nesin and many guests of the hotel escaped. However, 37 people were killed. This event, also known as the Sivas massacre, was seen as a major assault on free speech and human rights in Turkey, and it deepened the rift between religious- and secular-minded people.
He devoted his last years to fighting ignorance and religious fundamentalism.
Aziz Nesin died on July 6 1995 due to a heart attack, after a book signing event in Çeşme, İzmir. After his death, his body was buried in an unknown location in the land of Nesin Foundation without any ceremony, as suggested by his will.
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March 2, 2021
قصص ساخرة جميلة بها تنوع كبير وخفة ظل واضحة والترجمة أيضا جيدة
April 27, 2017
في أحد الليالي وكان الحزن ممسك بخانقي وجافاني النوم ، وبعد أن وقعت عيني على الرف القابع بها هذا الكتاب فتحته وقلت لم لا ببعض السخرية ، وعندما وصلت الى أحد القصص الساخرة جداً "النافذة المفتوحة صوب الغرب" أمسكتُ فمي من شدة الضحك خوفاً من أن يصحى النائمون في سديم الليل ، كانت سخرية القصة هي من أضفت على ليلتي الحزينة بعض المرح بل الكثير منه وهو ما يعجبني دوماً بالأستاذ نيسين
July 2, 2017
مجموعة قصصية من 11 قصة في 130 صفحة يستمر فيها الرائع عزيز نيسين في سخريته البديعة
August 4, 2014
القراءة الأولى لعمل كامل لعزيز نيسين
مجموعة قصصية من 11 قصة
تأتى على 130 صفحة
قصص ترتبط ارتباط وثيق بحياة عزيز نيسين وميولة السياسية
عزيز نيسين واحد ممن يعتنقون الرمزية فى الكتابة
ويعتمد اعتماد شبه تام على الاسقاط
يتضح فى تلك المجموعة الاسقاط السياسى المباشر على الوطن او القيادات السياسية او البيروقراطية
تتضح الترجمة السورية من بعض الكلمات الخاصة بلهجة الشام
اسلوب عزيز نيسين يحمل نكهة خاصة به تميزه عن غيره
بعض القصص غير واضح المغزى منها او ليست بدرجة الابهار
وبعضها اتت لوصف حياتى لواقع بعض البشر مرير
ربما الميزة الاهم للرمزية هى صلاحيتها للتطبيق على اى دولة
او على كل البشر
عمل هو الأول كقراءة للكاتب ولن يكون الأخير
مجموعة قصصية من 11 قصة
تأتى على 130 صفحة
قصص ترتبط ارتباط وثيق بحياة عزيز نيسين وميولة السياسية
عزيز نيسين واحد ممن يعتنقون الرمزية فى الكتابة
ويعتمد اعتماد شبه تام على الاسقاط
يتضح فى تلك المجموعة الاسقاط السياسى المباشر على الوطن او القيادات السياسية او البيروقراطية
تتضح الترجمة السورية من بعض الكلمات الخاصة بلهجة الشام
اسلوب عزيز نيسين يحمل نكهة خاصة به تميزه عن غيره
بعض القصص غير واضح المغزى منها او ليست بدرجة الابهار
وبعضها اتت لوصف حياتى لواقع بعض البشر مرير
ربما الميزة الاهم للرمزية هى صلاحيتها للتطبيق على اى دولة
او على كل البشر
عمل هو الأول كقراءة للكاتب ولن يكون الأخير
September 9, 2014
ممتع وخفيف
March 5, 2017
اقل من مستوى كتب عزيز نيسين سواء المجموعات القصصية القصيرة او الروايات
February 4, 2018
بعض القصص رغم بساطتها إلا أنها تحمل سخرية عميقة .. والبعض لم أفهمه .. وأخرى أشعر أنها غير موفقة ..
July 2, 2018
أقل مما توقعت بكثير
May 15, 2019
ما جذبني من المجموعة
رائعتها «زرق الحمام» و «العرض الأخير»
رائعتها «زرق الحمام» و «العرض الأخير»
September 3, 2022
يبدع "عزيز نيسين" في كل اقصوصه، وينطلق من "النافذة المفتوحة صوب الغرب" إلى الأعالي!
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