Orhan Veli Kanık
(1914-1950)
Turkish poet
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Orhan Veli Kanık or Orhan Veli (14 April 1914 – 14 November 1950) 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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13 April 1914 Beykoz, İstanbul Turkey
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14 November 1950 (aged 36) İstanbul, Turkey
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