Orhan Veli Kanık

Orhan Veli Kanık
Orhan Veli Kanık

Orhan Veli Kanık or Orhan Veli was a Turkish poet. Kanık is one of the founders of the Garip Movement together with Oktay Rıfat and Melih Cevdet. Aiming to fundamentally transform traditional form in Turkish poetry, he introduced colloquialisms into the poetic language. Besides his poetry Kanık crammed an impressive volume of works including essays, articles and translations into 36 short years.

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Male
Date of Birth
April 13rd, 1914
Age
111
Birth Place
Istanbul Province, Istanbul
Date of Death
November 14th, 1950
Died Aged
36
Star Sign
Aries
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