Nâzım Hikmet : the life and times of Turkey's world poet / Mutlu Konuk Blasing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blasing, Mutlu Konuk, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nâzım Hikmet, 1902-1963.

Nâzım Hikmet.

Poets, Turkish--Biography.

Poets, Turkish.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

294 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Persea Books, [2013]

Contents:

Part I At Large: The Making of a Poet (1902-1938)

1 Beginnings 25

2 Sailing from Byzantium 34

3 Moscow 50

4 Istanbul 56

5 The Turkish Communist Party 63

6 Scripting a Nation 72

7 The New Poetry and the Thirties Roller Coaster 86

Part II In Deep: Prison (1938-1950)

8 The Military Trials 111

9 Prison Houses 120

10 Human Landscapes from My Country 131

11 Modern Times 143

12 Prison Lyrics 151

13 Days and Days and Years Inside 161

14 Love Behind Bars 171

Part III Out Far: Exile (1950-1963)

15 Horrendous Legal Errors 183

16 A Taste of Freedom 190

17 Back in the USSR 201

18 A Legend of Love 218

19 Love Again 228

20 Forms of Exile 237

21 Life's Good, Brother 243.

Notes:

"A Karen & Michael Braziller book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780892554171

0892554177

OCLC:

783162713