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Talat S. Halman


TRANSLATES: Turkish

Talat S. Halman is a leading translator of Turkish literature into English. Before establishing the Department of Turkish Literature at Bilkent University, Ankara, he taught at Columbia University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and New York University. In 1971, Halman served as Turkey's first Minister of Culture, and has since then served as Turkey's first Ambassador for Cultural Affairs as well as member of UNESCO's Executive Board. He is also a long-time member of PEN's Tranlation Committee, the Poetry Society of America, and the Editorial Board of World Literature Today.

Halman is author and editor of more than sixty books, including Contemporary Turkish Literature, Modern Turkish Drama, and Süleyman the Magnificent Poet.


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Translations

The Selected Poems of Fazil Hüsnü Daglarca. Pittsburgh.

I Am Listening to Istanbul, Orhan Veli Kanik. Corinth.

Mystical Poetry, Yunus Emre. Indiana.









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