Behçet Necatigil

Behçet Necatigil was born on 16 April 1916 in Istanbul, into a family from Kastamonu, where he spent part of his childhood. A graduate of the Istanbul Higher Teachers' College in 1940, he taught literature in Kars, in Zonguldak, then at Kabataş lycée, and afterwards at a teacher-training institute. He wrote radio plays, translated many books, including several by Knut Hamsun, and compiled dictionaries of Turkish literature. He died in Istanbul on 13 December 1979.

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• PoetryKapalı ÇarşıBehçet Necatigil · 1945not translated into EnglishLiterature