Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sait Faik Abasıyanık

Turkish writer

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1906

Place of Birth: Adapazarı, Turkey

Date of Death: 11-May-1954

Profession: screenwriter, writer, poet, novelist, short story writer

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Sait Faik Abasiyanik (18 November 1906 – 11 May 1954) was one of the greatest Turkish writers of short stories and poetry and considered an important literary figure of the 1940s.
He created a brand new style in Turkish literature and brought new life to Turkish short story writing with his harsh but humanistic portrayals of labourers, fishermen, children, the unemployed, and the poor.
His stories focused on the urban lifestyle and he portrayed the denizens of the darker places in Istanbul.
He also explored the "...torments of the human soul and the agony of love and betrayal..."