Hanim, Nigar (1862–1918)
Hanim, Nigar (1862–1918)
Turkish poet and memoirist. Name variations: Nigâr; Nigar binti Osman; (pseudonym) Uryan Kalp. Born 1862 in Turkey; died 1918.
Divorced after short marriage, began to travel widely in Europe; hosted celebrated Tuesday salon in Turkish capital attended by many intellectuals; best known poet of the late Ottoman period, published Efsus (1886) and her must successful work, Aksi Seda (1900); letters published as Weakness of a Heart (1901); son published an edition of her notebooks and diaries (1959).
More From encyclopedia.com
Poet Laureate , poet laureate (lô´rēĬt), title conferred in Britain by the monarch on a poet whose duty it is to write commemorative odes and verse. It is an outgrow… Dudley Randall , Randall, Dudley 1914–
Poet, publisher, editor
In his roles as poet and publisher, Dudley Randall was the leading exponent of the new black poetry mov… Metaphysical Poets , Metaphysical(s) Poets. Term applied by Samuel Johnson to a group of 17th-cent. Christian poets (especially J. Donne, G. Herbert, T. Traherne, H. Vaug… Robert Hayden , Hayden, Robert 1913-1980
Poet, educator
Robert Hayden preferred to think of himself not as a black poet, but rather as an American poet whose work sp… Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler , Spitteler, Carl Friedrich Georg
Swiss poet Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler (1845–1924) received the 1919 Nobel Prize for Literature to honor his many… Avicebron , Avicebron (Jewish poet): see GABIROL, SOLOMON.
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Hanim, Nigar (1862–1918)