Sabri Esat Siyavuşgil

Turkish writer (1907–1968)

Sabri Esat Siyavuşgil
Born	1907 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died	October 6, 1968(1968-10-06) (aged 61) Istanbul, Turkey
Resting place	Zincirlikuyu Cemetery
Occupation	Writer, translator
Language	Turkish
Nationality	Turkey

Sabri Esat Siyavuşgil, (born 1907, Istanbul – d. 6 October 1968, Istanbul) was a Turkish poet, writer, psychologist, translator, encyclopedist.^[1]

Biography

He was born in Istanbul. His father is Ahmet Esat, a descendant of Siyavuş Pasha, one of the Ottoman grand viziers.^[2] He completed primary school in Antalya. He continued his secondary education at Kadıköy Sultani, Istanbul Male Teacher's School, and Istiklal High School. He went to France when he was in the last year of Istiklal High School. He studied philosophy and psychology at the Universities of Dijon and Lyon and earned his doctorate.^[3]

Bibliography

Odalar ve Sofalar (1933)
Psikoloji ve Terbiye Bahisleri (1940)
Tanzimat’ın Fransız Efkar-ı Umumiyesi’nde Uyandırdığı Yankılar (1940)
Karagöz (1941, Fransızca 1951, İngilizce 1955)
Folklor ve Millî Hayat (1943)
Roman ve Okuyucu (1944)^[4]

References

^ Sözlüğü, Türk Edebiyatı İsimler. "Sabri Esat Siyavuşgil". teis.yesevi.edu.tr. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
^ FEDAİ, Özlem (2009). "In The Poems Of Ziya Osman Saba And Sabri Esat Siyavuşgil Sense Of Belonging And Plases Thought". Journal of Turkish Studies. 4 Issue 8 (4): 1229–1252. doi:10.7827/turkishstudies.998. ISSN 1308-2140.
^ Sözlüğü, Türk Edebiyatı İsimler. "Sabri Esat Siyavuşgil". teis.yesevi.edu.tr. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
^ "Sabri Esat Siyavuşgil Yazarına Ait Tüm Kitaplar – Sabri Esat Siyavuşgil Biyografisi". www.kitapyurdu.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 28 August 2021.