Romantic Communist
Life and Work of Nazim Hikmet
Published on 19. April 1999
Book
Hardback
375 pages
978-1-85065-371-4 (ISBN)
Description
A biography of poet Nazim Hikmet, this text examines his life and his work, asserting that his creative vision combined a dialectical view of society with passionate personal relationships, all reflected in experimental poetic forms. Stalin's daughter described him as a "romantic communist".
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
30 b&w plates, map
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
671 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85065-371-4 (9781850653714)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
The young patriot, 1902-21; the new world, 1921; communism under the spotlight, 1921-28; literature and Marxism - a borrowed shirt? 1928-38; the army and navy trials, 1938-40; Bursa prison, 1940-50; human landscapes; a sad state of freedom, 1950-51; romantic communism and real socialism, 1951-63; "leaving the cities and women I love".