Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan
Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan | |
---|---|
Born | Abdülhak Hâmid (1852-01-02)January 2, 1852 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
Died | April 12, 1937(1937-04-12) (aged 85) Istanbul, Turkey |
Nationality | Turkish |
Occupation(s) | Playwright, poet |
Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan (born Abdülhak Hâmid; January 2, 1852 – April 12, 1937)[1][2] was an early 20th-century Ottoman playwright and poet. He was one of the leading lights of the Turkish Romantic period. He is known in Turkish literature as "Şair-i Azam" (The Grand Poet) and "Dahi-i Azam" (The Grand Genius).
Early years
Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan was born Abdülhak Hâmid on January 2, 1852, in Bebek, Constantinople. He is the grandson of Abdulhak Molla, a poet and physician at the court of Sultan Abdul Hamid II. His father was Hayrullah Efendi, a historian and ambassador. His mother, Münteha Hanım, was Circassian. Abdulhak Hâmid took private lessons from Yanyalı Tahsin Hoca and Edremitli Bahaddin Hoca while attending secondary school. In August 1863 he went to Paris, France[2] with his brother Nasuhi, the workplace of his father. He continued his education there for one and a half years. After he returned to Istanbul, he enrolled in a French education school and worked in a translation office to advance his French. One year later, he followed his father, who was appointed to the Ottoman Embassy in Tehran, Iran. He studied the Persian language for more than one year as well as Arabic and Persian poetry.[2] Following his father's death in 1867, he returned to Istanbul and entered civil service.
Professional life
After he came in contact with prominent literary personalities, Abdulhak Hâmid wrote his first prose Macera-yı Aşk (Love Affair) depicting his memoirs in Tehran. In 1871, he married Fatma.
Entered the service of foreign affairs, he was appointed in 1876 to the Ottoman Embassy in Paris,[2] where he had the opportunity to learn the French literature.
In 1878, his first brush with controversy occurred on the publishing of his play Nesteren in Paris. It depicted a rebellion against a tyrannical ruler, and the actual ruler of Turkey at that time, Sultan Abdul Hamid II was so upset by it that he had the playwright fired from his government job.
He was appointed in 1881 to Poti, Georgia, in 1882 to Volos, Greece and in 1883 to Bombay, India.[2] Due to illness of his wife, the family left India in 1885. On their way to Istanbul, his wife Fatma died in Beirut, then in the Ottoman Empire. She was buried there that inspired him to write his poem Makber (The Grave), which later became very popular.
Because of his work "Zeynep", he was suspended of service at the Embassy in London and forced to return home. Only after his promise not to write anymore, he was allowed to return his post in London. He made his second marriage with a British woman Nelly. After two service years in The Hague in the Netherlands, he was appointed back to London. Abdulhak Hâmid returned to Turkey in 1900 due to illness of his wife. In 1906, he was sent to the Embassy in Brussels, Belgium.
In 1908, he became a member of the Turkish Senate.[2] He lost his wife Nelly in 1911, and made later his third marriage with the Belgian Lucienne.
Abdulhak Hâmid had to return to Turkey after his deposing by the cabinet during the Balkan Wars. He spent a short time in Vienna, Austria after World War I and returned home with the proclamation of the Turkish Republic in 1923. He continued on in politics and was elected into the Grand National Assembly as deputy of Istanbul in 1928,[2] a post he kept until his death.
Abdulhak Hâmid Tarhan died on April 12, 1937, and was laid to rest in the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery in Istanbul, with a national funeral.[2]
Works
He was influenced by Tanzimat and also Namık Kemal, and in general, French writing. The loss of his wife was a key point in his life as he wrote and dedicated many pieces involving her, such as Makber.[2] He leaves behind a legacy of western influences on the evolving Turkish literature scene and was considered one of the greatest Turkish romantics.[2]
Poetry
- Sahra (The Desert, 1879)
- Makber (The Grave, 1885)[2]
- Ölü (The Corpse, 1885)
- Hacle (1886)
- Bunlar Odur (These are Her, 1885)
- Divaneliklerim Yahut Belde (My Madness or the Town, 1885)
- Bir Sefirenin Hasbihali (Chat With an Ambassadress, 1886)
- Bala'dan Bir Ses (A Voice from Bala, 1912)
- Validem (My Mother, 1913)
- İlham-ı Vatan (Inspiration of the Motherland, 1916)
- Tayflar Geçidi (The Parade of Spectrums, 1917)
- Ruhlar (The Spirits, 1922)
- Garam (My Passion, 1923).
Plays
- Macera-yı Aşk (Love Affair, prose, 1873; in verse, 1910)
- Sabr-u Sebat (Perseverance in Patience, 1875, staged at İstanbul City Theatres in 1961)
- İçli Kız (The Oversensitive Girl, 1875)
- Duhter-i Hindu (The Girl of India, 1876)
- Nazife (Nazife, 1876, together with Abdüllahü's-Sağir, 1917)
- Nesteren (Dog Rose, 1878)
- Tarık Yahut Endülüs'ün Fethi (Tarık Or The Conquest Of Spain, 1879, simplified by Sadi Irmak and Behçet Kemal Çağlar, staged at İstanbul City Theatres, 1962)[2]
- Tezer Yahut Abdurrahman-ı Salis (Tezer or Abdurrahman III., 1880)
- Eşber (Eşber, 1880)
- Zeynep (Zeynep, 1908)
- İlhan (İlhan, 1913)
- Liberte (Freedom, 1913)
- Finten (Finten, 1887)[2]
- İbn-i Musa Yahut Zadülcemal (İbn-i Musa or Zadülcemal, 1917)[2]
- Sardanapal (Sardanapal, 1917)
- Abdüllahi's Sağir (Little Abdullah, 1917)
- Yadigar-ı Harb (The Souvenir of The War, 1917)
- Hakan (1935)
- Cünun-ı Aşk (Insanity Of Love, serial, not published, 1917)
- Kanuni'nin Vicdan Azabı (Remorse of Suleyman The Magnificent, 1937, not published).
İnci Enginün translated his plays into modern Turkish, published in seven volumes (1998–2002).
Other works
- Mektuplar (Letters, collected by Süleyman Nazif, two volumes, 1916)
- Hatırat (Memories, serials in the newspapers İkdam and Vakit, 1924–25)
- Yusuf Mardin wrote about the years Abdulhak Hamit spent in London in a novel and published it under the name of Abdulhak Hamit'in Londrası (Abdulhak Hamit's London)
See also
References
- ^ Some sources state Feb 2,1852
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Hoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010). "Abdülhak Hâmid". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. I: A-ak Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. pp. 21–22. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
- Christophe Lamfalussy, Des lecteurs de La Libre lèvent le voile sur la mystérieuse “Lucienne” [Maria Sacré], dans l'ombre du "Shakespeare turc", La Libre, 23 août 2023, on line.
External links
- Bio at Osmanli700.gen.tr
- Biography (in Turkish)
- v
- t
- e
Ottoman
- Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan
- Ahdi of Baghdad
- Ahmet Mithat
- Ahmet Rasim
- Ali Canip Yöntem
- Ali Çelebi
- Aşık Çelebi
- Bâkî
- Cenâb Şehâbeddîn
- Evliya Çelebi
- Fatma Aliye Topuz
- Fitnat Hanım
- Fuzuli
- Habib Esfahani
- Imadaddin Nasimi
- İbrahim Şinasi
- İsa Necati
- Katib Çelebi
- Kınalızâde Hasan Çelebi
- Latifî
- Mehmet Emin Yurdakul
- Mercimek Ahmed
- Mesihi
- Mihri Hatun
- Muallim Naci
- Namık Kemal
- Nedîm
- Nef'i
- Nergisî
- Ömer Seyfettin
- Recaizade Mahmud Ekrem
- Riyazi
- Samipaşazade Sezai
- Sehi Bey
- Şemsettin Sami
- Sultan Veled
- Prizrenli Suzi Çelebi
- Süleyman Nazif
- Şeyh Gâlib
- Tâcîzâde Cafer Çelebi
- Tevfik Fikret
- Yahya bey Dukagjini
- Yirmisekiz Mehmed Çelebi
- Zafer Hanım
- Ziya Pasha
- Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar
- Adalet Ağaoğlu
- Ahmet Altan
- Ahmet Haşim
- Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
- Ahmet Muhip Dıranas
- Ahmet Kutsi Tecer
- Aslı Erdoğan
- Attilâ İlhan
- Ayfer Tunç
- Ayşe Kulin
- Aziz Nesin
- Behçet Necatigil
- Bilge Karasu
- Buket Uzuner
- Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı
- Can Yücel
- Cemal Süreya
- Cemil Meriç
- Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı
- Cevdet Kudret
- Ece Ayhan Çağlar
- Edip Cansever
- Elif Shafak
- Emine Işınsu
- Enis Behiç Koryürek
- Ercüment Ekrem Talu
- Fakir Baykurt
- Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel
- Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca
- Güven Turan
- Haldun Taner
- Halide Edib Adıvar
- Halide Nusret Zorlutuna
- Halit Fahri Ozansoy
- Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil
- Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar
- İlhan Berk
- İnci Aral
- İsmet Özel
- Kemal Bilbaşar
- Kemal Tahir
- Kenan Hulusi Koray
- Küçük İskender
- Mehmet Fuat Köprülü
- Mehmet Emin Yurdakul
- Melih Cevdet Anday
- Memduh Şevket Esendal
- Murat Gülsoy
- Murathan Mungan
- N. Abbas Sayar
- Nâzım Hikmet
- Necati Cumalı
- Necip Fazıl Kısakürek
- Neyzen Tevfik
- Nezihe Araz
- Nihal Atsız
- Nihal Yeğinobalı
- Nurullah Ataç
- Oğuz Atay
- Orhan Hançerlioğlu
- Orhan Kemal
- Oktay Rıfat Horozcu
- Orhan Pamuk
- Orhan Seyfi Orhon
- Orhan Şaik Gökyay
- Orhan Veli Kanık
- Özdemir Asaf
- Peyami Safa
- Refik Halit Karay
- Reşat Nuri Güntekin
- Rıfat Ilgaz
- Ruşen Eşref Ünaydın
- Sabahattin Ali
- Sabri Esat Siyavuşgil
- Sait Faik Abasıyanık
- Salah Birsel
- Samiha Ayverdi
- Samim Kocagöz
- Sezai Karakoç
- Suut Kemal Yetkin
- Şevket Süreyya Aydemir
- Tarık Buğra
- Tomris Uyar
- Turgut Özakman
- Turgut Uyar
- Ülkü Tamer
- Vasfi Mahir Kocatürk
- Yahya Kemal Beyatlı
- Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu
- Yaşar Kemal
- Yaşar Nabi Nayır
- Yılmaz Onay
- Yusuf Atılgan
- Yusuf Ziya Ortaç
- Ziya Gökalp
- Ziya Osman Saba
- Zülfü Livaneli
- Turkey portal
- Category