Oktay Rifat

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Oktay Rifat was a prominent Turkish poet, playwright, and novelist, best known as one of the leading figures of the Garip movement that revolutionized modern Turkish poetry.

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Oktay Rifat canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkish poet
human
novelist
playwright
poet
awardReceived Turkish Language Association Poetry Award
surface form: Türk Dil Kurumu Şiir Ödülü

Yeditepe Poetry Award
surface form: Yeditepe Şiir Armağanı
countryOfCitizenship Turkey
dateOfBirth 1914-06-10
dateOfDeath 1988-04-18
educatedAt Ankara University Faculty of Law
Sorbonne University
surface form: University of Paris
familyName Rifat
father Samih Rifat
fieldOfWork drama
fiction
modern Turkish poetry
genre novel
play
poetry
givenName Oktay
influenced modern Turkish poetry
languageOfWorkOrName Turkish
memberOf Garip movement
movement Garip movement
İkinci Yeni
surface form: Second New (İkinci Yeni)
nativeLanguage Turkish
notableFor being one of the founders of the Garip movement
notableWork Aşağı Yukarı
Bir Kadının Penceresinden
Danaburnu
Karga ile Tilki
Perçemli Sokak
Yaşayıp Ölmek Aşk ve Avarelik Üstüne Şiirler
occupation lawyer
novelist
playwright
poet
translator
placeOfBirth Ottoman Empire
Trabzon
placeOfDeath Istanbul
Turkey
residence Ankara
Istanbul
writingStyle colloquial language
everyday themes
experimental forms

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Orhan Veli Kanık collaboratedWith Oktay Rifat
Garip movement hasPart Oktay Rifat