Nâzım Hikmet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nâzım Hikmet

Turkish poet

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1902

Place of Birth: Thessaloniki, Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace, Greece

Date of Death: 03-Jun-1963

Profession: screenwriter, writer, poet, playwright, author, prosaist

Nationality: Poland, Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Nâzim Hikmet Ran (15 January 1902 – 3 June 1963), commonly known as Nâzim Hikmet (Turkish pronunciation: ['na?z?m 'hikmet] (listen)) was a Turkish poet, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director and memoirist.
He was acclaimed for the "lyrical flow of his statements".
Described as a "romantic communist" and "romantic revolutionary", he was repeatedly arrested for his political beliefs and spent much of his adult life in prison or in exile.
His poetry has been translated into more than fifty languages.