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name: Ahmet Hâşim
about: Ahmet Haşim was an influential Turkish poet of the early 20th century. He was born in Baghdad, probably in the year 1887. In 1906, having graduated from the Mekteb-i Sultanî (now Galatasaray High School), he began to work as a public servant in different state offices. After the foundation of the Republic of Turkey, Hâşim worked as a teacher of aesthetics in the Academy of Fine Arts and as a French language teacher at Istanbul University. For many years, he also wrote essays for the newspapers. Hâşim's early poetry was very much in the Parnassian and Decadent vein of the poets Tevfik Fikret and Cenab Şahâbeddin. Hâşim's later poetry, however -collected in Göl Saatleri and Piyâle- evidences more of a French Symbolist influence, particularly Ahmet Haşim was an influential Turkish poet of the early 20th century. He was born in Baghdad, probably in the year 1887. In 1906, having graduated from the Mekteb-i Sultanî (now Galatasaray High School), he began to work as a public servant in different state offices. After the foundation of the Republic of Turkey, Hâşim worked as a teacher of aesthetics in the Academy of Fine Arts and as a French language teacher at Istanbul University. For many years, he also wrote essays for the newspapers. Hâşim's early poetry was very much in the Parnassian and Decadent vein of the poets Tevfik Fikret and Cenab Şahâbeddin. Hâşim's later poetry, however -collected in Göl Saatleri and Piyâle- evidences more of a French Symbolist influence, particularly that of Henri de Régnier, whom Hâşim greatly admired. This late poetry can, to a certain extent, be seen to adhere to the Fecr-i Âtî movement's variation of the Symbolist motto: "Art is personal and sacred." ...more
death_date: 1933-06-04 00:00:00