Orhan Veli Kanık

Orhan Veli was born on 13 April 1914 in Beykoz, on the Bosphorus; his father was a clarinettist and conductor. After secondary school in Ankara, he began studies at the University of Istanbul, which he left for a post with the Post Office in Ankara. A reserve officer from 1942 to 1945, he then worked for two years in the translation bureau of the Ministry of Public Instruction. He translated Molière, La Fontaine and other authors, edited the journal Yaprak and died in Istanbul on 14 November 1950, of a cerebral haemorrhage after a fall into a trench, according to the Diyanet encyclopaedia.

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