Romantic Communist
The Life and Work of Nazim Hikmet
Will be published approx. on 20. September 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
390 pages
978-1-85065-827-6 (ISBN)
Description
Probably the best-known Turkish poet of the twentieth century, Nazim Hikmet spent much of his life in prison or in exile because his Marxist beliefs. Now reissued with corrections and revisions, this was the first full-length biography of him to appear in any language."
Reviews / Votes
'The first full biography of Hikmet and a work of impeccable research.' --Charles King, Times Literary Supplement 'Goksu and Timms present the historical backround in detail. ... 'Nazim has ceased to be a cult figure of the communist world and become a poet of universal significance,' the authors say. This lucid, intelligent and formidably well-researched book is compelling evidence that this is indeed the case.' * David Barchard, Cornucopia * 'Goksu and Timms present a wealth of documentation so objectively as to allow the reader to draw his own conclusions. ... Romantic Communist will allow contemporary students to access the contribution of Nazim Hikmet to world literature as well as Turkish literature, and to discover a figure whose importance for postcolonial studies has yet to be fully realized.' * Clare Brandabur, Edebiyat: The Journal of Middle Eastern Literatures * 'An important study of a poet, playwright and prose writer whose life, ideas and work fuse into a fascinating national and international epic. ... This biography is also a salutary human rights document, dealing as it does with freedom of speech.' * Richard McKane, Journal of Turkish Literature * 'This biography is thoroughly researched and elegantly written. It shows the reader a great poet at work and demonstrates how beneath the steely facade there also beat a vulnerable heart.' * Belma Otus-Baskett, Turkish Area Study Group News *More details
Edition
Revised ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85065-827-6 (9781850658276)
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Persons
SAIME GOKSU grew up in Turkey at a time when Nazim was in prison and his poems were banned, and was exposed to his poetry at an early age. Her husband and co-author EDWARD TIMMS, who is Research Professor in History at the University of Sussex, has published a wide range of books on culture and politics.