Poetry
Rubab-ı Şikeste
Not translated into English
Tevfik Fikret · 1900
Synopsis
The collection brings together poems written for the most part during the years when the author edited the journal Servet-i Fünun. It includes poems about family and home, often addressed to his son Halûk; landscapes, among them “Yağmur”, the rain; a few love poems, such as “Tesadüf”; meditations, such as “Tefekkür”; and pieces on pity, society and melancholy, among them “Hasta Çocuk”, the sick child. According to Küre, the title, that of a broken rübab, speaks of the poet's fractures.
Context
The collection appeared in Istanbul in 1900, in 1316 of the Rumi calendar according to the Küre encyclopedia, which notes that it was quickly reprinted; Britannica dates it to 1896. According to turkedebiyati.org, the first edition was incomplete and a second, enlarged one followed. Editions after 1908 added political and social poems. The Küre encyclopedia notes in it a classical metre freshly worked, traces of the Parnassian movement and of Symbolism, and regards it as a text of transition towards modern Turkish poetry.
Who it is for
A collection in Ottoman Turkish, in a learned language; no French translation has been found.
Prizes and reception
The author's first major collection according to turkedebiyati.org; Britannica regards him as the founder of the modern school of Turkish poetry.
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