10-500: Faik is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Sait Faik Abasıyanık (1906–1954), Turkish writer Faik Konica (1875–1942), Albanian writer Ali Faik Zaghloul (1924–1995), Egyptian radio presenter See also [ edit ] FAIK is the abbreviation for Finspångs AIK , a sports club in Sweden [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share
20-564: A deep impact on his art and character. After returning to Turkey he taught Turkish in Halıcıoğlu Armenian School for Orphans, and tried to follow his father's wishes and go into business but was unsuccessful. At this time he also began to publish his pieces in Varlık , a national periodical. In 1936, he published his first book of short stories, Semaver . The majority of his work consisted of short stories; however, in 1952 he wrote
30-806: A novel, Bir Takım Insanlar , which was censored due to its portrayal of the class system. A major theme of his was always the ocean and he spent most of his time in Burgazada (one of the Princes' Islands in the Marmara Sea). He became an honorary member of the International Mark Twain Society of St. Louis, Missouri on 14 May 1939. A number of researchers and critics, with a view to Sait Faik's last stories, have claimed that he tended towards surrealism. The themes of those last stories and their language and narrative deeply affected
40-532: Is a historic house museum dedicated to the writer Sait Faik Abasıyanık in Istanbul , Turkey. The museum is on Burgazada Island of the Princes' Islands in Istanbul. Sait Faik Abasıyanık (1906–1954) was a Turkish short story writer. After his death, his home was converted into a museum. During his lifetime he had donated the building to Darüşşafaka Association , a non-governmental institution to support
50-711: Is still run by Darüşşafaka School, maintaining his Burgaz House as the Sait Faik Abasıyanık Museum and since 1954 giving the annual Sait Faik Literature Prize to the best collection of short stories. The first Sait Faik Short Story prize winner was "Gazoz Ağacı" by Sabahattin Kudret Aksal and this most prestigious literary prize has been given so far to some of the best Turkish authors including Pınar Kür , Tomris Uyar, Füruzan and Nazlı Eray . Sait Faik Abas%C4%B1yan%C4%B1k Museum Sait Faik Abasıyanık Museum ( Turkish : Sait Faik Abasıyanık Müzesi )
60-726: The darker places in Istanbul. He also explored the "...torments of the human soul and the agony of love and betrayal..." Born in Adapazarı , on 18 November 1906, he was educated at Istanbul Lisesi in Istanbul and then in Bursa . He enrolled in the Turcology Department of Istanbul University in 1928, but under pressure from his father went to Switzerland to study economics in 1930. He left school and lived from 1931 to 1935 in France (mainly Grenoble) – an experience which had
70-423: The education of the poor fatherless. In 1959 five years after his death, Darüşşafaka took over the responsibility of the museum. The museum was opened on 22 August 1959. In 2009, the museum building underwent a restoration, and on 11 May 2013, it was reopened to visits. The building consists of a basement, ground floor and two upper floors. The reading room and the slide show room are in the basement. The dining and
80-482: The post-1950 writers in particular through these changes. Because of the originality of his style, he has been considered as the source of himself. He died on 11 May 1954 in Istanbul . Sait Faik mostly published under the name Sait Faik , other pen names being Adalı ("Island dweller"), Sait Faik Adalı , and S. F. . Sait Faik left his wealth to the Darüşşafaka School for orphans. The Sait Faik foundation
90-508: The same given name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Faik&oldid=1058481536 " Category : Given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Sait Faik Abas%C4%B1yan%C4%B1k Sait Faik Abasıyanık (18 November 1906 – 11 May 1954)
100-468: Was one of the greatest Turkish writers of short stories and poetry and considered an important literary figure of the 1940s. He created a brand new style in Turkish literature and brought new life to Turkish short story writing with his harsh but humanistic portrayals of labourers, fishermen, children, the unemployed, and the poor. His stories focused on the urban lifestyle and he portrayed the denizens of
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