Âşık Veysel

Died in 1973

Veysel Şatıroğlu was born in 1894 in Sivrialan, a village in the district of Şarkışla, near Sivas; the Küre gives the date as 25 October. Struck by smallpox in childhood, in 1901 according to the Küre, he lost one eye, then the other in an accident. His father pushed him towards the saz. In 1933, he composed a poem for the tenth anniversary of the Republic. He then taught the saz and folk songs in several village institutes. A decision of the Assembly granted him a pension, in 1965 according to the Küre. He died in his village on 21 March 1973.

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PoetryDeyişlerÂşık Veysel · 1944not translated into EnglishLiterature