Ozansoy, Khalid Fakhri

In 1914 he graduated from the Galatasarai Lyceum in Istanbul . For many years he has been a teacher. He published his own and edited a number of Turkish magazines.

He died of a heart attack.

He made his debut in 1912 as a poet; He wrote poems on the meter of Aruz , from 1917 he switched to the syllabic metric ("hedge"). In the first verses written on exotic and fantastic plots, he imitated the old poets (collections of “Tales”, 1919, etc.). In 1916 his play was published in verses “Owl”, written in the form of a fairy tale. During the First World War and the national liberation struggle, he wrote a series of poems and poems (“Responses to War”, “The Tale of Ten Years”, “Gardens and Ruins”).

In the 1940s. began to speak mainly as a literary critic.

Motives of melancholy, loneliness, love are characteristic of the lyrics of Ozansoi. The author of poetry collections “Dream” (“Rüya”, 1912), “Closer to the Clouds” (“Bulutlara yakin”, 1920), “Flower Gardens and Ruins” (“Gülistanlar ve harabeler”, 1922), “For endless nights” (“ Sonsuz gecelerin ötesinde (1964).

The fame of the play in verses “Owl” (“Baykuş”, 1917) - about peasants, “Ten Year Tale” (“On yılın destanı”, 1933) - about the life of the Republic of Turkey, psychological drama about the tragic love “Ghost” (“Hayalet” , 1936), "First Poet", "Ghost", etc.

He published the novels “The Sunken Bridge” (“Sulara giden köprü”) and “Pilgrims of Love” (“Aşıkların yolunun yolcuları”, both 1939), works on Western European literature, memoirs books “Old Days of the Darulbedai” (“Darülbedayi devrinin eski günleri ", 1964)," Ramadans of old Istanbul "(" Eski İstanbul ramazanları ", 1968)," Writers of my circle "(" Edebiyatçılar çevremde ", 1970), etc.

• Halit Fahri Ozansoy (Tour.)
• Khalid Fahri, Turkish Literary Critic