Nurullah Ataç


Nurullah Ataç was a Turkish writer, poet and literary critic.

Life

He was born on 21 August 1898 in İstanbul, then the capital of the Ottoman Empire. He studied in the Galatasaray High School and the Faculty of Letters of İstanbul University. After his father’s death in 1921, he began serving as a French teacher in various schools in İstanbul. After the proclamation of the Turkish Republic he also served in Ankara and Adana. In 1926 he married to Leman Ataç. He was appointed as an official translator of the presidency. He also served as the chairman of the media branch of the Turkish Language Association. He died on 17 May 1957 in İstanbul.

In literature

Ataç is known as a productive writer with an excellent memory. He translated more than 70 books to Turkish. He wrote essays and poems using modern Turkish words. He was a champion of inverted sentences in his writings In his critics he was often relentless. His books are the following: