Sait Faik Abasıyanık

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Turkish writer human short story writer writer

Sait Faik Abasıyanık was a pioneering 20th-century Turkish short story writer renowned for his lyrical, humanistic portrayals of everyday Istanbul life and marginalized characters.

Aliases (1)

Sait Faik ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Turkish writer → human → short story writer → writer →
activePeriod	20th century →
birthCountry	Ottoman Empire →
birthDate	1906-11-18 →
birthPlace	Adapazarı NERFINISHED →
burialPlace	Zincirlikuyu Cemetery →
citizenship	Turkey →
deathCountry	Turkey →
deathDate	1954-05-11 →
deathPlace	Istanbul →
educatedAt	Bursa Erkek Lisesi → Istanbul University → University of Grenoble NERFINISHED →
familyName	Abasıyanık →
genre	novel → poetry → short story →
givenName	Sait Faik →
hasAward	Mark Twain Society honorary membership →
influenced	modern Turkish short story tradition →
knownFor	lyrical depictions of everyday Istanbul life → pioneering modern Turkish short story → portrayals of marginalized characters →
languageOfWork	Turkish →
movement	modern Turkish literature →
name	Sait Faik Abasıyanık →
nationality	Turkish →
notableWork	Alemdağ’da Var Bir Yılan → Kayıp Aranıyor → Lüzumsuz Adam → Sarnıç → Semaver → Şahmerdan →
occupation	teacher → writer →
residence	Burgazada → Istanbul →
subjectOf	Sait Faik Abasıyanık Museum →
writingStyle	humanistic → impressionistic → lyrical → realist →
wroteAbout	Istanbul → fishermen → the poor and marginalized → workers →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sait Faik Abasıyanık ("Sait Faik") →	givenName
Sait Faik Abasıyanık →	name
Turkish literature →	notableAuthor