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| Reşat Nuri Güntekin Reşat Nuri Güntekin (b.1889 in Istanbul -  Click for enlargement! Thanks to tr.wikipedia.org | A 'Core' Turkish Fiction Witer, who wrote 19 novels (starting 1923, such as: Yaprak Dökümü), 14 stage-plays (starting 1920), including posthumous productions -- and one travel book, Anadolu Notları (Anatolian Notes) in 1936. |
Biographical Highlights: Güntekin was born in 1889, the son of Lütfiye Hanım, the daughter of the Mayor of Erzurum, Yaver Paşa. He completed his education and obtained his degree in 1912 from the Literature Department of Istanbul Darülfünun (which became known as Istanbul University in 1933, as part of Atatürk's educational reforms).
He first published a play in 1920, but kept his day job... Until 1927 he was an English and French teacher at many of Turkey's best-known educational institutions of that era, including: Bursa Secondary School (Sultanisi), Istanbul Beşiktaş Union (İttihat) and Terakki School (Mektebi), The Fatih Charitable Great School (Vakf-ı Kebir Mektebi,) Akşemseddin School (Mektebi), Feneryolu Murad-ı Hâmis School (Mektebi), Osman Gazi Paşa School (Mektebi), Vefa Secondary School (Sultanisi), İstanbul Boys High School (Erkek Lisesi) , Çamlıca Girl's School (Kiz Lisesi), Kabataş Boys High School (Erkek Lisesi), Galatasaray High School (Lisesi) and Erenköy Girl's High School (Kiz Lisesi). Even while he worked full-time, he published 6 novels and 4 plays during this time period. In 1927 he became an Inspector for the Education Ministry and in 1939 he ran for and won a seat in Parliament representing Çanakkale. He remained a member of Parliament until 1946 -- and managed to write and publish 7 novels and 3 plays in his spare time during that portion of his active life. In 1947, he established Memleket Newspaper in Istanbul, a branch of Ulus Newspaper published by the CHP political Party in Ankara. He then returned to his work as an Education Inspector and in 1950 he was the Turkish representative for UNESCO in Paris. He published 2 novels in 1953. He was forced to retire in 1954 due to ill health. But even in retirement, he served as Advisor to the Istanbul Theater Literary Committee. After receiving treatment for lung cancer, Güntekin went to London (of all places, for someone with lung cancer!) where his illness became worse. He died in London on 13 December 1956 and is buried at the Karacaahmet Cemetery in Üsküdar, Istanbul. Even after death, his works continued to find an audience. Three of his previously unknown novels were published in 1961-1962 and his plays (including Yaprak Dökümü - Shedding Leaves) were still being stage-produced in 1971. Yaprak Dökümü was made into a movie in both 1958 and 1967...and it was as TV Series in 1987 and 2006-2007 (and will return for a second season in 2007-2008).
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