Reşat Nuri Güntekin () (25 November 1889 – 7 December 1956) was a Turkish
novelist
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, storywriter, and
playwright
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Readin ...
. His best known novel, ''
Çalıkuşu
''Çalıkuşu'', or ''The Wren'', is a novel by Reşat Nuri Güntekin written in 1922, about the destiny of a young Turkish people, Turkish female teacher named Feride.
The novel originally appeared as a serialized story in the newspaper "Vakit ...
'' ("The Wren", 1922) is about the destiny of a young Turkish female teacher in
Anatolia
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. This work is translated into
Persian
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by Seyyed Borhan Ghandili. His other significant novels include '' Dudaktan Kalbe'' ("From the Lips to the Heart", 1925), and '' Yaprak Dökümü'' ("The Fall of Leaves", 1930). Many of his novels have been adapted to cinema and television. Because he visited Anatolia with his duty as an inspector, he knew Anatolian people closely. In his works he dealt with life and social problems in Anatolia; reflects people in the human-environment relationship.
Biography
His father was a medical doctor ''Doktor Nuri Bey''. ReÅŸat Nuri attended primary school in
Çanakkale
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, Faculty of Literature in 1912. He worked as a teacher and administrator at high schools in
Bursa
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and Istanbul, he taught literature, French and philosophy; then he worked as an inspector at the Ministry of National Education (1931). He served as the deputy of
Paris
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(1950), when he was also the Turkish representative to
UNESCO
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.
After his retirement, he served at the literary board of the Istanbul Municipal Theatres. Reşat Nuri Güntekin died in
London
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, where he had gone to be treated for his
lung cancer
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. He is buried at the
Karacaahmet Cemetery
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Çalıkuşu
''Çalıkuşu'', or ''The Wren'', is a novel by Reşat Nuri Güntekin written in 1922, about the destiny of a young Turkish people, Turkish female teacher named Feride.
The novel originally appeared as a serialized story in the newspaper "Vakit ...
'' (1922) (''The Wren'' - translated as: "''The Autobiography of a Turkish Girl''")
* ''Gizli El'' (1924)
* ''Damga'' (1924)
* ''Dudaktan Kalbe'' (1923) (''From the Lip to the Heart'')
* ''Akşam Güneşi'' (1926) (''Afternoon Sun'')
* ''Bir Kadın Düşmanı'' (1927)
* '' YeÅŸil Gece'' (1928) (''The Green Night'')
* ''Acımak'' (1928) (''To Pity'')
* '' Yaprak Dökümü'' (1930) (''The Fall of Leaves'')
* ''Eski Hastalık'' (1938) (''That Old Sickness'')
* ''DeÄŸirmen'' (1944) (''The Mill'')
* ''Kızılcık Dalları'' (1944)
* ''Miskinler Tekkesi'' (1946)
* ''Harabelerin Çiçeği'' (1953)
* ''Kavak Yelleri'' (1961)
* ''Son Sığınak'' (1961) (''The Last Shelter'')
* ''Kan Davası'' (1962)
* ''AteÅŸ Gecesi'' (1953) (''The Night of Fire'')
List of Turkish diplomats
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