Letters to Kemal Tahir from Prison

The letters that Nâzim Hikmet sent to Kemal Tahir from the "prison" for ten years allow us to witness both the personalities, art and world views of these two important names, and a feverish period. It is worth seeing that the letter, which has fallen out of favor today, has not stood the test of time. Letters from Prison to Kemal Tahir are waiting for their new readers... "When reading the letters - especially the younger generations - these points should be kept in mind: They were sent from one prison to another. While they were written, inside, one-party rule, outside, a bloody world of which history has never seen an example." His war continued with all his might.

As a poet, Nazim Hikmet was much more overwhelmed than any other person under the material and spiritual pressures of these internal and external conditions. Not only did he manage to bravely keep this crisis on the line of hope and optimism with a superhuman strength only found in revolutionary genius artists, but he also found the solid foundations of Anatolian Turkish, that is, the historical-social reality of the Anatolian people, by taking advantage of the terrible prison conditions. "
-Kemal Tahir-
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 456

Year of Printing: 2016


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Ithaki Publications

Publication Coordinator: Tugçe Nida Sevin
Editor: Selçuk Aylar
Cover Design: Sükrü Karakoç

Number of Pages: 456

First Printing Year: 2016

Language: Turkish