Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Reşat Nuri Güntekin

Turkish author

Date of Birth: 25-Nov-1889

Place of Birth: Istanbul, Turkey

Date of Death: 13-Dec-1956

Profession: writer, politician, diplomat, playwright, novelist

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Resat Nuri Güntekin (Turkish pronunciation: [?e'?at nu?'?i ?ynte'cin]) (25 November 1889 – 7 December 1956) was a Turkish novelist, storywriter and playwright.
His best known novel, Çalikusu ("The Wren", 1922) is about the destiny of a young Turkish female teacher in Anatolia.
This work is translated into Persian by Seyyed Borhan Ghandili.
His other significant novels include Dudaktan Kalbe ("From The Lips To The Heart") and Yaprak Dökümü ("The Fall Of Leaves").
Many of his novels have been adapted to cinema and television.
Because he visited Anatolia with his duty as an inspector, he knew Anatolian people closely.
In his works he dealt with life and social problems in Anatolia; Reflects people in the human-environment relationship.