Cengiz Dağcı, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Cengiz Dağcı

Crimean Tatar novelist and poet

Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1920

Place of Birth: Gurzuf, Republic of Crimea, Russia

Date of Death: 22-Sep-2011

Profession: writer, poet

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Cengiz Dagci (9 March 1919 – 22 September 2011) was a Crimean Tatar novelist and poet.
He wrote his works in Turkish, despite having never been in Turkey. He was born in a small village of Yalta, Crimea in 1919.
He was taken hostage by Germans during World War II and survived Nazi labor camps.
In 1946, Dagci settled in London where he lived until his death.
Cengiz Dagci died on 22 September 2011 in his home.