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Oktay Rıfat Horozcu

1914 - 1988

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Ali Oktay Rifat, better known as Oktay Rifat, (10 June 1914 – 18 April 1988) was a Turkish writer and playwright, and one of the forefront poets of modern Turkish poetry since the late 1930s. He was the founder of the Garip movement, together with Orhan Veli and Melih Cevdet. Oktay Rifat had a great influence on modern Turkish poetry, standing outside traditional poetic conventions and creating a new movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oktay Rıfat Horozcu is the 5,824th most popular writer (down from 5,779th in 2019), the 1,218th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,219th in 2019) and the 145th most popular Turkish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Oktay Rıfat Horozcu ranks 5,824 out of 7,302. Before him are Ma Jian, Donald Richie, John Clare, Miquel-Lluís Muntané, Vjenceslav Novak, and Markus Zusak. After him are Margaret Mahy, Derrick Jensen, Olavi Paavolainen, Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Kay Redfield Jamison, and José Santos Chocano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Oktay Rıfat Horozcu ranks 364. Before him are Mary Carlisle, Hideko Maehata, Forrest Towns, Josef Peters, R. A. Lafferty, and John Berryman. After him are Franz von Werra, Andreas Kupfer, Werner Meyer, Erich Herrmann, Ahmet Kireççi, and Larry Adler. Among people deceased in 1988, Oktay Rıfat Horozcu ranks 237. Before him are Bent Peder Rasch, Judith Barsi, Gerd Hornberger, Marta Abba, Roy Kinnear, and Ove Arup. After him are Lyman Lemnitzer, Nora Astorga, Greta Nissen, Ella Raines, Lin Carter, and John M. Allegro.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Oktay Rıfat Horozcu ranks 1,218 out of 1,347. Before him are Özge Gürel (1987), Epenetus of Carthage (1), Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek (1893), Tugay Kerimoğlu (1970), Mehmet Emin Yurdakul (1869), and Serenay Sarıkaya (1992). After him are Okan Yalabık (1978), Yekta Uzunoglu (1953), Sinan Oğan (1967), Hatice Aslan (1962), Kenan Doğulu (1974), and Fatih Birol (1958).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Oktay Rıfat Horozcu ranks 145. Before him are Mateja Matevski (1929), Emine Semiye Önasya (1864), Memnon of Heraclea (null), Melih Cevdet Anday (1915), Rıfat Ilgaz (1911), and Mehmet Emin Yurdakul (1869). After him are Mehmed Uzun (1953), Can Dündar (1961), Nedim Gürsel (1951), Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca (1914), Akif Pirinçci (1959), and Pınar Selek (1971).

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