Nazim Hikmet

Nazim Hikmet is considered Turkey's greatest modern poet. For his Communist views, he was imprisoned in Turkey and his work was banned. His poetry has been translated into more than fifty languages. He won the World Peace Prize (the USSR's equivalent of the Nobel) in 1950. He died in 1963 in exile.

Nazim Hikmet

Nazim Hikmet is considered Turkey's greatest modern poet. For his Communist views, he was imprisoned in Turkey and his work was banned. His poetry has been translated into more than fifty languages. He won the World Peace Prize (the USSR's equivalent of the Nobel) in 1950. He died in 1963 in exile.

Books by Nazim Hikmet

  • Poems of Nazim Hikmet

    Nazim Hikmet, Randy Blasing, Mutlu Konuk Blasing, Carolyn Forché

    Revised & Expanded Second Edition, Paperback, 2002

    The definitive selection by the first and foremost modern Turkish poet.
  • Human Landscapes from My Country: An Epic Novel in Verse

    Nazim Hikmet, Randy Blasing, Mutlu Konuk Blasing, Edward Hirsch

    Paperback, 2008

    The complete English translation of Nazim Hikmet's epic masterwork.
  • Life's Good, Brother: A Novel

    Nazim Hikmet, Mutlu Konuk Blasing

    Paperback, 2013

    A contemporary international classic, available in English for the first time.
  • Life's Good, Brother: A Novel

    Nazim Hikmet, Mutlu Konuk Blasing

    E Book, 2013

    A contemporary international classic, available in English for the first time.