Tanpinar Ahmet Hamdi:
A Mind at Peace
Translator: ErdagGokner
Archipelago Books , 2009
Hardcover, 447 pages
Size: 188x166 mm
ISBN: 9780979333057
ISBN-10: 0979333059
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar Has Been Noted As The Most Prominant Turkish Novelist Of The Twentieth Century. Born In Istanbul, He Traveled Widely In Anatolia Before Returning To Istanbul In 1919, After The First World War, To Study Literature With The Poet Laureate Yahya Kemal. Deeply Influenced By Paul Vala(C)Ry And Bergson, Tanpinar Created A Cultural Universe In His Work, Bringing Together Western Forms Of Writing And The Sensibilities Of A Decadent Ottoman Culture. He Taught Aesthetics, Mythology, And Literature At The University Of Istanbul.

