Hasretinden Prangalar Eskittim / Through my longing for you I have worn out fetters
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Autor:
Ahmet Hamdi Önal
Country:
Turkey (TR)
Book Theme:
Poets representing your country poetry
Publisher:
Bilgi Yayınevi
Publishing Year:
1968
Ahmed Arif’s real name is Ahmet Önal. He completed his secondary education at Diyarbakır High School. While he was a student at Ankara University, Faculty of Language, History and Geography, Department of Philosophy, he was arrested in 1950 on charges of violating Article 141 of the Turkish Penal Code. In 1952, he was arrested again on charges of founding a secret organization. He was sentenced to 2 years in prison. When his prison days were over, he settled in Ankara. He earned his living by dealing with technical works in newspapers and magazines in Ankara. He retired from journalism.
National Award for Children’s and Young People’s
Abstract
Ahmed Arif’s poems symbolize the love of the country and the people, the pure love that can be experienced in every corner of Anatolia, the poverty and the rebellious spirit against this poverty, both for the poet’s own generation and for the 68-78 generations after him. We see these timeless lines of his as a red carnation for the struggling generations of the past, present and future.
