Turkish nomad : the intellectual journey of Talat S. Halman / Jayne L. Warner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Warner, Jayne L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Halman, Talât Sait, 1931-2014.

Halman, Talât Sait.

Intellectuals--Turkey--Biography.

Intellectuals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 448 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2017.

Summary:

Talat Sait Halman, the writer and poet, exemplified Turkey's powerful and influential literary culture. This book is a biographical tapestry that illuminates not only the life of one of Turkey's leading literary and cultural authorities, but also the emergence of a republic in his native country, and sheds new light on the history of the city. As a young boy, Talat surveyed the last vestiges of the Ottoman Empire, walked through the ruins of Byzantium, and grew up in the modern nation created by the charismatic Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Halman would go on to serve the republic as its first minister of culture. We follow the literary, scholastic, and journalistic journey of a restless writer, who might best be described by the title of one of his books, The Turkish Muse, his 2006 collection of literary reviews tracing the development of Turkish literature during the Turkish Republic.

Contents:

Relatives and more relatives

Independence and modernization: families in transition

The early years: a childhood apart

New York-here I come! The turbulent '50s

A Turkish marine

A career for Talat

From academic to columnist-and beyond (1965-1971)

Statesman: "Prophet of a Turkish renaissance" (1971)

A literary life (1972-1980)

Ambassador for Cultural Affairs (1980-1982)

From Public Lecturer to UNESCO (1982-1996)

An abiding love of the theater

Turkey calls again (1996-2014)

Islam, Atatürk's Republic, and Talat Halman

A portrait

"My year of death".

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-83860-981-4